Cognition (eBook)

ROBERT W. WEISBERG, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Brain, Behavior, and Cognition Cluster in the Psychology Department at Temple University. A cognitive psychologist, Dr. Weisberg's area of interest is creative thinking, the cognitive processes involved in the intentional production of novelty: solutions to problems, works of art, scientific theories, and inventions. LAURETTA M. REEVES, PhD, teaches at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests span both cognitive psychology--including the development of expertise in mathematical problem solving, use of metaphor in literature, and cognitive development--and the lexical acquisition and role of animacy in categorical inference in children.

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Study of Cognition 1

CHAPTER 2 Memory I: Models of Memory and Memory Systems 45

CHAPTER 3 Memory II: Encoding and Retrieval 95

CHAPTER 4 Memory III: Errors of Omission (Forgetting) and Commission (False Memory) 139

CHAPTER 5 Visual Cognition: Pattern Recognition and Spatial Localization 181

CHAPTER 6 Attention 243

CHAPTER 7 Imagery 289

CHAPTER 8 Concepts and Categories 333

CHAPTER 9 Language I: Sounds, Words, and Meanings 379

CHAPTER 10 Language II: Sentence Processing 423

CHAPTER 11 Thinking I: Logical Thinking and Decision Making 467

CHAPTER 12 Thinking II: Problem Solving 515

CHAPTER 13 Thinking III: Creative Thinking 563

References 607

Author Index 685

Subject Index 705