Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology

Ronald T. Kellogg is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Saint Louis University. His education includes degrees from the University of Iowa (BS, psychology) and the University of Colorado (MA and PhD, experimental psychology) and postdoctoral study at Stanford University. His past research has examined attention, long-term memory, concept learning, and cognitive processes in writing. His current work focuses on working memory in written composition and hemispheric differences in the semantic processing of language production. He has authored numerous technical journal articles and book chapters plus several books, including The Psychology of Writing (1994), Cognitive Psychology, 2nd Ed. (2003), and The Making of the Mind: The Neuroscience of Human Nature (2013).

Chapter 1: Introduction
Scope of Cognitive Psychology
Core Concepts
The Brain
Research Methods
Chapter 2: Perception
Visual Consciousness
Pattern Recognition
Modularity
Chapter 3: Attention
Filter Theories
Capacity Theories
Filter Theories and Capacity Theories: Conclusion
Automatic Processes
The Central Bottleneck
Visual Attention
Chapter 4: Memory Systems
Sensory Memory
Short-Term Versus Long-Term Memory
Working Memory
Chapter 5: Remembering Events
Types of Long-Term Memory
Mental Time Travel
Prospective Memory
Encoding and Storing Events
Retrieval Processes
Study Strategies
Chapter 6: Memory Distortions
Reconstructive Retrieval
Encoding Distortions
Source Monitoring
Eyewitness Testimony
Chapter 7: Imagery and Knowledge Representation
Imagery and Abstract Representation
Representing Concepts
Using Semantic Memory
Chapter 8: Language
Defining Language
Contrasts to Animal Communication
Representations of Language
Comprehension of Language
Reading
Chapter 9: Problem Solving
Types of Thinking
A General Model of Problem Solving
Creativity
Fluid Intelligence
Chapter 10: Reasoning and Decision Making
Syllogistic Reasoning
Conditional Reasoning
Decision Making