As with the First Edition , the author provides students with a synthesis of cognitive psychology at its best. The thoroughly revised Second Edition includes: chapters on the development of language, memory and perception; the contribution made by neuroscience and neuroimaging in recent years; and coverage on memory distortions. The book is divided into six sections: Part One introduces the discipline of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience; Part Two covers basic cognitive operations of perception, attention and memory; Part Three addresses learning, knowing and remembering; Part…mehr
As with the First Edition , the author provides students with a synthesis of cognitive psychology at its best. The thoroughly revised Second Edition includes: chapters on the development of language, memory and perception; the contribution made by neuroscience and neuroimaging in recent years; and coverage on memory distortions.
The book is divided into six sections: Part One introduces the discipline of cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience; Part Two covers basic cognitive operations of perception, attention and memory; Part Three addresses learning, knowing and remembering; Part Four covers language; and Part Five explores thinking skills and concludes the book with an integrative chapter on intelligence, showing the centrality of cognitive psychology to a highly visible and important arena of psychology as a whole.
`Kellogg's textbook provides outstanding coverage of contemporary cognitive psychology. I especially welcomed chapters on Cognitive Neuroscience, providing neural underpinnings of cognition, and Intelligence. The latter topic is rarely included in books on cognition because the study of intelligence developed in a somewhat separate tradition from experimental cognitive psychology. Yet clearly intelligence should be considered as part of cognitive psychology, too. The coverage in the book is comprehensive and authoritative, but the chapters I read are also quite interesting and accessible. This book should be widely used as a text and a reference work' - Henry L Roediger, III
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, 2 nd Ed. (2003), and The Making of the Mind: The Neuroscience of Human Nature (2013).
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Preface Part 1 Scope & Methods 1. Introduction Defining Cognitive Psychology. Core Concepts. Research Methods. Overview of the Text. Summary. Key Terms 2. Cognitive Neuroscience Mind & Brain. Functional Neuroanatomy. Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience. Connectionist Models. Summary. Key Terms Part II: Fundamentals of Cognition 3. Perception Visual Consciousness. Pattern Recognition. Face Perception. Speech Perception. Summary. Key Terms 4. Attention Filter Theories. Capacity Theories. Automatic Processes. Visual Attention. Summary. Key Terms 5. Memory Encoding, Storage, & Retrieval. Sensory Memory. Short-Term versus Long-Term memory. Working Memory. Summary. Key Terms Part III: Learning, Knowing, & Remembering 6. Episodic Memory Types of Long-Term Memory. Encoding & Storing Events. Retrieval Processes. Summary. Key Terms. 7. Distortions of Memory Reconstructive Retrieval. Encoding Distortions. Source Monitoring. Eyewitess Testimony. Summary. Key Terms. 8. Semantic Memory Representing Concepts. Propositions & Images. Using Semantic Memory. Summary. Key Terms 9. Learning Concepts & Skills Concept Learning. Learning Processes. Implicit Learning. Acquiring Expertise. Summary. Key Terms Part IV: Knowing and Using Language 10. Language Defining Language. Representations of Language. Thought & Language. Summary. Key Terms. 11. Language Production Speech Production. Sentence Generation. Writing. Summary. Key Terms. 12. Language Comprehension Word Recognition. Sentence Comprehension. Discourse Comprehension. Summary. Key Terms. Part V: Thinking 13. Problem Solving Types of Thinking. A General Model of Problem Solving. Creativity. Summary. Key Terms 14. Reasoning& Decision Making Syllogistic Reasoning. Conditional Reasoning. Decision Making. Summary. Key Terms. 15. Intelligence Defining Intelligence. Genetic & Environmental Influences. Sex Differences. Summary. Key Terms. Glossary References Index
