Cognition In Action

Smyth, Mary M - Morris, Peter E - Levy, Philip - Ellis, Andrew W

ISBN 10: 0863770401 / ISBN 13: 9780863770401

Published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1987

About this Item

Large format paperback, VG. xiv+346pp, text figs, index, text block clean & free from marking / underlining. Study of cognition, to explain the relevance of psychological methods. The authors try and use every day examples of Cognition in practice as opposed to laboratory data. 600 grams.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cognition In Action
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0863770401
• ISBN 13: 9780863770401
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This revised textbook is designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology. It approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about how people carry out everyday activities: how people organize and use their knowledge in order to behave appropriately in the world in which they live.; Each chapter of the book starts with an example and then uses this to introduce some aspect of the overall cognitive system. Through such examples of cognition in action, important components of the cognitive system are identified, and their interrelationships highlighted. Thus the text demonstrates that each part of the cognitive system can only be understood properly in its place in the functioning of the whole.; This edition features increased coverage of neuropsychological and connectionist approaches to cognition.

From the Back Cover

This is a substantial revision of an innovative textbook designed for undergraduate courses in cognitive psychology. It approaches cognitive psychology by asking what it says about how people carry out everyday activities: how people organise and use their knowledge in order to behave appropriately in the world in which they live. Each chapter of the book starts with an example, and then uses this to introduce some aspect of the overall cognitive system. Through such examples of cognition in action, important components of the cognitive system are identified and their interrelationships highlighted. Thus this text demonstrates that each part of the cognitive system can only be understood properly in its place in the functioning of the whole. A particular feature of this new edition is increased coverage of neuropsychological and connectionist approaches to cognition.