Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory (ISE) - Softcover

Kathleen Galotti

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9780495099680: Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory (ISE)

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ISBN 10: 0495099686 ISBN 13: 9780495099680

Publisher: Wadsworth, 2007

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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.

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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.

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