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Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience

Author(s): E. Bruce Goldstein

ISBN: 9789355739001

5th Edition

Copyright: 2019

India Release: 2023

₹850

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 528

Trim Size: 279 x 216 mm

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A lot goes on in your head when you’re doing something simple like remembering (or forgetting!) to do your next assignment. Bruce Goldstein explains all this activity going on in your mind in COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: CONNECTING MIND, RESEARCH, AND EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE. Concrete examples and illustrations help you understand both the scientific importance of theories and their relevance to you, including research-based suggestions for better ways to study.

  • Book presents complex studies and concepts in an accessible and clear manner
  • Includes a balance of cutting-edge research and classic studies
  • "Test Yourself" questions and "Think About It" features help students recall and review information and go beyond the text material
  • Connects cognitive research with everyday life through new examples
  • Offers an adaptive learning engine for efficient learning and mastery training
  • "Demonstrations" features show students how cognition works with illustrative exercises.

1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

2. Cognitive Neuroscience

3. Perception

4. Attention

5. Short-Term and Working Memory

6. Long-Term Memory: Structure

7. Long-Term Memory: Encoding, Retrieval, and Consolidation

8. Everyday Memory and Memory Errors

9. Conceptual Knowledge

10. Visual Imagery

11. Language

12. Problem Solving

13. Judgment, Decisions, and Reasoning

E. Bruce Goldstein

E. Bruce Goldstein is an associate professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and is affiliated with the department of psychology at the University of Arizona.