Fundamentals of cognitive psychology / R. Reed Hunt, Henry C. Ellis.

By: Hunt, R. ReedContributor(s): Ellis, Henry C. (Henry Carlton), 1927-Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2004Edition: 7th edDescription: xx, 478 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0072858958; 9780072858952Subject(s): Memory | Cognition | Cognitive psychologyDDC classification: 153 LOC classification: BF371 | .E525 2004Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Perceptual Processes -- Chapter 3: Attention Chapter -- 4: Short-term Working Memory Chapter -- 5: Long-term Memory -- Chapter 6: Implicit Memory -- Chapter 7: Forgetting and Distorted Memory -- Chapter 8: Metacognition -- Chapter 9: Concepts and Classification -- Chapter 10: Comprehension and Knowledge -- Chapter 11: Language Chapter -- 12: Problem-solving and decision making.
Summary: This new edition presents brief coverage of perception, attention, memory, knowledge, problem-solving and emotion in a friendly and accessible style. By discussing selected experiments, the authors enable students to appreciate the intricacies of problem-solving activity in cognition.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 418-461) and indexes.

This new edition presents brief coverage of perception, attention, memory, knowledge, problem-solving and emotion in a friendly and accessible style. By discussing selected experiments, the authors enable students to appreciate the intricacies of problem-solving activity in cognition.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Perceptual Processes -- Chapter 3: Attention Chapter -- 4: Short-term Working Memory Chapter -- 5: Long-term Memory -- Chapter 6: Implicit Memory -- Chapter 7: Forgetting and Distorted Memory -- Chapter 8: Metacognition -- Chapter 9: Concepts and Classification -- Chapter 10: Comprehension and Knowledge -- Chapter 11: Language Chapter -- 12: Problem-solving and decision making.

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