Cognitive Psychology

John B. Best (Author)

9780470002322, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 10 October 1998

544 pages
23.6 x 20.3 x 2.8 cm, 1.021 kg

Cognitive Psychology, Fifth Edition, provides balanced coverage of the core areas of the discipline, including perception, memory, language, pattern recognition, and thinking. John Best skillfully relates cognitive psychology to students' experience and provides a solid foundation for later studies in psychology or in related fields. Experiments throughout the book are described in detail, enhancing students' comprehension of the concepts and helping students who have not had courses in experimental psychology or statistics to grasp the concepts. With additional demonstrations and a contemporary treatment of memory, Best addresses complex issues in cognitive neuroscience clearly and completely.

Part 1: INTRODUCTION

Cognitive Psychology: Definitions, Roots, and Metaphors

Part 2: PERCEPTION

Attention and Object Recognition

Part 3: MEMORY

Memory as Storage

Memory as Recomputation and Correspondence

Part 4: ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE

Structure of Knowledge: A Symbolic Approach

Structure of Knowledge: A Connectionist Approach

Part 5: LANGUAGE

Structure of Language

Cognitive Process In Speech and Language Perception

Language Acquisition and Cognitive Development

Part 6: THINKING

Reasoning and Deciding

Concepts and Categories

Problem Solving

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]