| Description |
1 online resource (253 p.) |
| Series |
Instant Notes Ser |
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Instant Notes Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- DEDICATION -- Section A: The nature of cognitive psychology -- A1 Cognition -- A2 Methods of investigation -- A3 The history of cognitive psychology -- A4 Sub-disciplines of cognitive psychology -- Section B: Perception -- B1 Sensation -- B2 Auditory perception -- B3 Visual depth perception -- B4 Visual form perception -- B5 Object recognition -- B6 Face recognition -- Section C: Attention -- C1 Auditory attention -- C2 Visual attention -- C3 Divided attention and dual task performance |
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C4 Automaticity -- Section D: Memory -- D1 Introduction to memory -- D2 Short-term memory -- D3 Forgetting and remembering -- D4 Limits and failures of memory -- Section E: Mental representation -- E1 Representations -- E2 Imagery -- E3 Concepts -- E4 Connectionism -- Section F: Problem solving -- F1 Gestalt problem solving -- F2 Goals and states -- F3 Expertise -- Section G: Reasoning and decision making -- G1 Deductive reasoning -- G2 Mental models -- G3 Inductive reasoning -- G4 Decision making -- Section H: Language -- H1 Communication -- H2 Discourse -- H3 Language development -- H4 Speech |
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Section I: Comprehension -- I1 Understanding words -- I2 Understanding sentences -- I3 Language and thought -- I4 Dyslexia -- Section J: Intelligence -- J1 Cognitive development -- J2 Intelligence testing -- J3 Nature and nurture -- Section K: Consciousness -- K1 Issues in consciousness research -- K2 States of consciousness -- K3 Unconscious cognition -- K4 The function of consciousness -- K5 Cognitive theories of consciousness -- Section L: Emotion and mood -- L1 The primacy of affect -- L2 Mood, memory and attention -- L3 Emotion, perception and performance -- References -- Further reading |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Index |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
May, Jon
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| ISBN |
9781135322366 |
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1135322368 |
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