Cognitive Psychology in a Changing World

Linden J. Ball is Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Director of Research and Innovation for the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Central Lancashire, UK. He is Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cognitive Psychology, Associate Editor of Thinking & Reasoning and Series Editor for Routledge’s Current Issues in Thinking & Reasoning book series. Laurie T. Butler is Professor of Psychology, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Science of Engineering at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. He is a Visiting Professor at Tohoku University, Japan, and at the University of Reading, UK. His research interests include nutrition and cognition, ageing, memory and choice, as well as behaviour change. Susan M. Sherman is Reader in Psychology at Keele University, UK. She is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has served as Chair of the BPS Cognitive Section and Deputy Chair of the BPS Research Board. Her research interests include false memory, word recognition and attitudes towards health behaviours such as screening and vaccination. Helen St. Clair-Thompson is Reader at Newcastle University, UK. She is Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She was a member of the British Psychological Society Cognitive Section Committee from 2010 until 2017, and is currently a member of the British Psychological Society Undergraduate Education Committee.

Introduction 1. Cognitive psychology in a changing world; Our world today; What is Cognitive Psychology? A brief history of Cognitive Psychology; A global discipline; Cognitive Psychology today; Shaping the world; Understanding the world; Experiencing the world; Final thoughts – Five ways in which Cognitive Psychology can make a difference 2. Problem solving Theoretical integration 3. Creativity and expertise 4. Deductive reasoning 5. Concepts & categories 6. Judgment & decision making 7. Reading 8. Speech & other language issues 9. Writing 9. Memory and forgetting 10. Everyday memory 11. Attention 12. Perception 13. The nature of consciousness 14. The future of cognitive psychology: Issues and opportunities