Michael W. Eysenck, Mark T. Keane

Cognitive Psychology (eBook, PDF)

A Student's Handbook

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual perception and attention through to memory and language. Each chapter is complete with key definitions, practical real-life applications, chapter summaries and suggested further reading to help students develop an understanding of this fascinating but complex field.

The new edition includes:

• an increased emphasis on neuroscience
• updated references to reflect the latest research
• applied 'in the real world' case studies and examples.

Widely regarded as the leading undergraduate textbook in the field of cognitive psychology, this new edition comes complete with an enhanced accompanying companion website. The website includes a suite of learning resources including simulation experiments, multiple-choice questions, and access to Primal Pictures' interactive 3D atlas of the brain. The companion website can be accessed at: www.routledge.com/cw/eysenck.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 980
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351058506
• Artikelnr.: 58786455

Autorenporträt

Michael W. Eysenck is Professor Emeritus in Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also Professorial Fellow at Roehampton University, London. He is the best-selling author of several textbooks including Fundamentals of Cognition (2018), Memory (with Alan Baddeley and Michael C. Anderson, 2014) and Fundamentals of Psychology (2009).

Mark T. Keane is Chair of Computer Science at University College Dublin.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Approaches to human cognition
PART ONE: Visual perception and attention
2. Basic processes in visual perception
3. Object and face recognition
4. Motor perception and action
5. Attention and performance
PART TWO: Memory
6: Learning
memory and forgetting
7. Long-term memory systems
8. Everyday memory
PART THREE: Language
9. Speech perception and reading
10. Language comprehension
11. Language production
PART FOUR: Thinking and reasoning
12. Problem solving and expertise
13. Judgement and decision making
14. Reasoning and hypothesis testing
PART FIVE: Broadening horizons
15: Cognition and emotion
16: Consciousness