Human Memory: Theory and Practice, Revised Edition

Baddeley, Alan

ISBN 10: 0205279481 / ISBN 13: 9780205279487

Published by Allyn & Bacon, 1997

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Synopsis:

Suitable as a college-level text for a human memory course or a more general course on cognitive psychology. This edition (previous, 1990) contains three new chapters concerning the role of consciousness and knowledge in learning and memory. The rest of the volume, unaltered, covers topics including perceiving and memory, control of memory, practice, acquiring habits, retrieval, and autobiographical memory. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Review: It is written in an unusually lucid and entertaining way, while nevertheless managing to grapple with important theoretical issues. This is an unusual skill (at least among academic psychologists!) Secondly, Baddeley appears to have fewer theoretical axes to grind than many writers of academic books. As a consequence, he succeeds in presenting balanced evaluations of the theories and experiments he discusses. - Michael W. Eysenck in The British Journal of Psychology

As well as having an impressive list of contents, the book is also extremely enjoyable to read. The author deals with complex issues in an approachable and understandable way and the style is chatty and free of confusing jargon. This is complemented by a liberal sprinkling of anecdotes which both inform and amuse. To summarise, this is an excellent book with no serious rivals in its field. It should be an essential item on the shopping list of all psychology undergraduates. - Tim Dalgleish in the Irish Journal of Psychology

Bibliographic Details

Title: Human Memory: Theory and Practice, Revised ...
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good