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Cognition Theory and Applications (with Study Guide and InfoTrac)

by: Reed, Stephen K.

Cognition Theory and Applications (with Study Guide and InfoTrac)

by: Reed, Stephen K.

ISBN 13:
9780534608675
ISBN 10:
0534608671
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 07/18/2003
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

Part 1: INFORMATION PROCESSING STAGES. 1. Introduction. 2. Pattern Recognition. 3. Attention. 4. Short-Term Working Memory. 5. Long-Term Memory. Part 2: REPRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE. 6. Memory Codes. 7. Visual Images. 8. Categorization. 9. Semantic Organization. Part 3: COMPLEX COGNITIVE SKILLS. 10. Language. 11. Comprehension and Memory for Text. 12. Problem Solving. 13. Expertise and Creativity. 14. Decision Making.

Preface

PART ONE INFORMATION-PROCESSING STAGES

Introduction

(16)

The Information-Processing Approach

(2)

The Growth of Cognitive Psychology

(3)

Cognition's Relation to Other Fields

(5)

Organization of This Book

(2)

Study Questions

(1)

COGLAB Brain Asymmetry

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Recommended Reading

(2)

Pattern Recognition

(26)

Describing Patterns

(10)

Information-Processing Stages

(5)

Word Recognition

(5)

Summary

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

COGLAB Receptive Fields • Muller-Lyer Illusion • Visual Search • Partial Report • Word Superiority • Metacontrast Masking

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Recommended Reading

(1)

Attention

(26)

Bottleneck Theories

(6)

Capacity Theories

(6)

Automatic Processing

(5)

Applications

(3)

Summary

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

COGLAB Attentional Blink • Spatial Cueing • Stroop Task • Simon Effect

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Recommended Reading

(1)

Short-Term Working Memory

(28)

Forgetting

(5)

Capacity

(4)

Memory Codes

(4)

Recognition of Items in Short-Term Memory

(4)

Working Memory

(5)

Summary

(1)

Study Questions

(1)

COGLAB Brown-Peterson • Memory Span • Operation Span • Absolute Identification • Sternberg Search

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Recommended Reading

(2)

Long-Term Memory

(28)

The Atkinson-Shiffrin Model

100

(4)

Control Processes

104

(7)

Improving Eyewitness Recall and Identification

111

(5)

Indirect Tests of Memory

116

(5)

Summary

121

(1)

Study Questions

122

(1)

COGLAB Serial Position • Remember/Know • Implicit Learning • False Memory

123

(1)

Key Terms

123

(1)

Recommended Reading

123

(2)

PART TWO REPRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE

Memory Codes

125

(28)

The Levels-of-Processing Theory

128

(4)

Supporting Evidence of the Levels-of-Processing Theory

132

(3)

Criticisms and Modifications of the Theory

135

(7)

Encoding Specificity and Retrieval

142

(6)

Summary

148

(1)

Study Questions

149

(1)

COGLAB Von Restorff Effect • Encoding Specificity

150

(1)

Key Terms

150

(1)

Recommended Reading

151

(2)

Visual Images

153

(32)

Visual Imagery and Learning

155

(8)

Evidence for Images in Performing Cognitive Tasks

163

(10)

Limitations of Images

173

(8)

Summary

181

(1)

Study Questions

182

(1)

COGLAB Mental Rotation

182

(1)

Key Terms

182

(1)

Recommended Reading

183

(2)

Categorization

185

(28)

Concept Identification

187

(3)

Natural Categories

190

(12)

Categorizing Novel Patterns

202

(8)

Summary

210

(1)

Study Questions

211

(1)

COGLAB Prototypes • Categorical Perception: Identification

212

(1)

Key Terms

212

(1)

Recommended Reading

212

(1)

Semantic Organization

213

(32)

Hierarchical Organization

215

(5)

Verification of Semantic Statements

220

(11)

Integration of Knowledge

231

(4)

Schema Theory

235

(6)

Summary

241

(1)

Study Questions

242

(1)

COGLAB Lexical Decision

243

(1)

Key Terms

243

(1)

Recommended Reading

244

(1)

PART THREE COMPLEX COGNITIVE SKILLS

Language

245

(28)

Three Aspects of Language

248

(5)

Psychology and Grammar

253

(7)

Using Semantic Context in Sentence Comprehension

260

(6)

Implications of Sentences

266

(4)

Summary

270

(1)

Study Questions

271

(1)

COGLAB Categorical Perception: Discrimination

271

(1)

Key Terms

272

(1)

Recommended Reading

272

(1)

Comprehension and Memory for Text

273

(28)

Prior Knowledge of the Reader

274

(7)

Organization of Text

281

(9)

Kintsch's Model of Comprehension

290

(7)

Summary

297

(1)

Study Questions

298

(1)

Key Terms

298

(1)

Recommended Reading

299

(2)

Problem Solving

301

(28)

Classifying Problems

302

(8)

Newell and Simon's Theory

310

(3)

General Strategies

313

(12)

Summary

325

(1)

Study Questions

326

(1)

Key Terms

326

(1)

Recommended Reading

327

(2)

Expertise and Creativity

329

(24)

Expertise and Reasoning

331

(7)

Acquiring Expertise

338

(5)

Creativity

343

(6)

Summary

349

(1)

Study Questions

349

(1)

COGLAB Wason Selection Task

350

(1)

Key Terms

351

(1)

Recommended Reading

351

(2)

Decision Making

353

(28)

Making Choices

354

(5)

Estimating Probabilities

359

(5)

Combining Probabilities and Values

364

(4)

Risk Dimensions

368

(3)

Applications

371

(7)

Summary

378

(1)

Study Questions

379

(1)

COGLAB Typical Reasoning • Risky Decisions/Monty Hall

380

(1)

Key Terms

380

(1)

Recommended Reading

380

(1)

Glossary

381

(8)

References

389

(21)

Name Index

410

(6)

Subject Index

416

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