Cognitive Psychology / Edition 5

by John B. Best

Overview

Cognitive Psychology, Fifth Edition, provides balanced coverage of the core areas of the discipline, including perception, memory, language, pattern recognition, and thinking. John Best skillfully relates cognitive psychology to students' experience and provides a solid foundation for later studies in psychology or in related fields. Experiments throughout the book are described in detail, enhancing students' comprehension of the concepts and helping students who have not had courses in experimental psychology or statistics to grasp the concepts. With additional demonstrations and a contemporary treatment of memory, Best addresses complex issues in cognitive neuroscience clearly and completely.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470002322
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/27/1998
Edition description:	5th ed.
Pages:	548
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

John B. Best is the author of Cognitive Psychology, 5th Edition, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Part 1: INTRODUCTION

Cognitive Psychology: Definitions, Roots, and Metaphors

Part 2: PERCEPTION

Attention and Object Recognition

Part 3: MEMORY

Memory as Storage

Memory as Recomputation and Correspondence

Part 4: ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE

Structure of Knowledge: A Symbolic Approach

Structure of Knowledge: A Connectionist Approach

Part 5: LANGUAGE

Structure of Language

Cognitive Process In Speech and Language Perception

Language Acquisition and Cognitive Development

Part 6: THINKING

Reasoning and Deciding

Concepts and Categories

Problem Solving

Editorial Reviews

New edition of a textbook that provides coverage of the core areas of the discipline. Topic areas include perception, memory, language, pattern recognition, and thinking. Covers the roots and metaphors of the discipline, object recognition, memory as recomputation and correspondence, cognitive processes in speech and language perception, reasoning and deciding, and problem solving. Intended for upper-division undergraduates taking their first course in cognition. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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