Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory (eBook)

Preface
About the Author
CHAPTER 1 • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: History, Methods, and Paradigms
Setting the Stage
Influences on the Study of Cognition
Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology
Paradigms of Cognitive Psychology
CHAPTER 2 • THE BRAIN: An Overview of Structure and Function
Setting the Stage
Structure of the Brain
Localization of Function
Lateralization of Function
Brain-Imaging Techniques
Other Brain-Recording Techniques
Training the Brain
CHAPTER 3 • PERCEPTION: Recognizing Patterns and Objects
Setting the Stage
Gestalt Approaches to Perception
Bottom-Up Processes
Top-Down Processes
Face Perception
Direct Perception
Disruptions of Perception: Visual Agnosias
CHAPTER 4 • ATTENTION: Deploying Cognitive Resources
Setting the Stage
Selective Attention
Divided Attention
Automaticity and the Effects of Practice
Controlling Attention
Neural Underpinnings of Attention
Divided Attention Outside the Laboratory: Cell Phone Use While Driving
CHAPTER 5 • WORKING MEMORY: Forming and Using New Memory Traces
Setting the Stage
Traditional Approaches to the Study of Memory
Working Memory
Executive Functioning
Neurological Studies of Memory Processes
CHAPTER 6 • RETRIEVING MEMORIES FROM LONG-TERM STORAGE
Setting the Stage
Aspects of Long-Term Memory
Subdivisions of Long-Term Memory
The Levels-of-Processing View
Amnesia
CHAPTER 7 • THE RECONSTRUCTIVE NATURE OF MEMORY
Setting the Stage
Narrative Memory
Autobiographical Memory
The Recovered/False Memory Debate
Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation
CHAPTER 8 • KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: Storing and Organizing Information in Long-Term Memory
Setting the Stage
Organizing Knowledge
Forming Concepts and Categorizing New Instances
CHAPTER 9 • VISUAL IMAGERY AND SPATIAL COGNITION
Setting the Stage
Codes in Long-Term Memory
Empirical Investigations of Imagery
The Nature of Mental Imagery
Neuropsychological Findings
Spatial Cognition
CHAPTER 10 • LANGUAGE
Setting the Stage
Defining Language
The Structure of Language
Language Comprehension and Production
Language and Cognition
Neuropsychological Views and Evidence
Bilingualism
CHAPTER 11 • THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Setting the Stage
Defining Terms
Classic Problems and General Methods of Solution
Blocks to Problem Solving
The Problem Space Hypothesis
Expert Systems
Finding Creative Solutions
Critical Thinking
CHAPTER 12 • REASONING AND DECISION MAKING
Setting the Stage
Reasoning
Decision Making
Cognitive Illusions in Decision Making
Utility Models of Decision Making
Descriptive Models of Decision Making
Neuropsychological Evidence on Reasoning and Decision Making
CHAPTER 13 • COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ADOLESCENCE
Setting the Stage
Stage and Nonstage Theories of Cognitive Development
Piagetian Theory
Non-Piagetian Approaches to Cognitive Development
Some Post-Piagetian Answers to the Question “What Develops?”
CHAPTER 14 • INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITION
Setting the Stage
Individual Differences in Cognition
Gender Differences in Cognition
CHAPTER 15 • COGNITION IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Setting the Stage
Defining “Culture”
Examples of Studies of Cross-Cultural Cognition
Effects of Schooling and Literacy
Situated Cognition in Everyday Settings
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index