Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory / Edition 4

by Kathleen M. Galotti

Overview

Succeed in the course with COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN AND OUT OF THE LABORATORY! This understandable cognitive psychology textbook provides you with the tools you need to master the concepts and improve your performance on exams. With everyday examples, the author presents brain function - an abstract and difficult topic - in a clear and manageable way. Key terms, review questions, CogLab exercises, and Web resources give you many new ways to approach the topics covered in the text. Through hands-on practice and reinforcement, you'll learn both the importance and personal relevance of understanding brain function.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780495099635
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	03/21/2007
Series:	PSY 384 Cognitive Psychology Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Kathleen M. Galotti holds a B.A. in psychology and economics from Wellesley College, as well as an M.A. and a Ph.D. in psychology and an M.S.E. in computer and information sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. At Carleton College she holds the title Professor and Director of Cognitive Science, an interdisciplinary program, which she helped establish in 1989. She also is a former department chair of Psychology. She teaches courses in cognitive and developmental psychology and cognitive science, and has also taught courses in statistics and introductory psychology. Dr. Galotti is the author or coauthor of dozens of peer-reviewed studies in cognitive and developmental psychology. Her research centers on the development of reasoning and decision-making skills from the preschool period through adulthood and on the styles with which adolescents and adults plan for the future, make important life commitments, and learn new information. Her research has been funded through the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. She is the author of Making Decisions That Matter: How People Face Important Life Choices (Erlbaum, 2002), as well as a textbook, Cognitive Development: Infancy Through Adolescence (SAGE, 2011).

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology: History, Methods, and Paradigms. Chapter 2: The Brain: An Overview of Structure and Function. Chapter 3: Perceiving Objects and Recognizing Patterns. Chapter 4: Paying Attention. Chapter 5: Forming and Using New Memory Traces. Chapter 6: Retrieving Memories from Long-Term Storage. Chapter 7: Memory for General Knowledge. Chapter 8: Concepts and Categorization. Chapter 9: Visual Imagery and Spatial Cognition. Chapter 10: Language. Chapter 11: Thinking and Problem Solving. Chapter 12: Reasoning. Chapter 13: Making Decisions. Chapter 14: Cognitive Development Through Adolescence. Chapter 15: Individual, Aging, and Gender Differences in Cognition. Chapter 16: Cognition in Cross-Cultural Perspective.

Editorial Reviews

A textbook for a one-term undergraduate course for students who have completed the introductory psychology course. Galotti includes both the traditional topics in cognition and some topics that are usually omitted--such as cognitive development, gender differences, and cross-cultural approaches to cognition--to put the traditional topics in broader perspective. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Galotti’s textbook provides comprehensive coverage of cognitive psychology…The text would give a wonderful foundation for advanced students who plan to attend graduate programs in cognitive psychology/cognitive science.”

Hildur Halliday Schilling

I strongly agree with Galotti’s sentiment. Cognitive psychology is so much more than the rigorous experimental research that dominates most textbooks in the field. While it is important to facilitate an appreciation for experimental design and behavioral testing methodologies, I feel it is equally important to highlight the application of research in cognitive psychology to our everyday, real-world problems.”

Dunja L. Trunk

"I feel that Dr. Galotti did a very good job on providing real-life examples and making them accessible to the readers.”

Xiaowei Zhao

Galotti’s Chapter Summaries are very strong; the important, big-picture concepts and themes presented in the chapter are condensed down to approximately one page. For a student, this makes for a very useful tool, assuming they have in fact read the chapter in the first place.”

James Scepansky

Galotti has gathered the most important topics in modern cognitive psychology and approaches them with a conversational writing style—supplemented with examples and figures—bringing abstract concepts to life.”

Darrell Rudmann