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Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience, Cengage International Edition, 6th Edition

E. Bruce Goldstein

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Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience, Cengage International Edition 6th Edition by E. Bruce Goldstein

Overview

Connecting the study of cognition to everyday life, COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: CONNECTING MIND, RESEARCH, AND EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE, Cengage International Edition, 6th Edition, gives equal treatment to both the landmark studies and the cutting-edge research that define this fascinating field. Concrete examples and illustrations help students understand the theories of cognition--driving home both the scientific importance of the theories and their relevance to students' daily lives. The text’s accessible narrative style blends with an art program that makes difficult concepts understandable. Students gain a true understanding of the "behind the scenes" activity that happens in the mind when humans do such seemingly simple activities as perceive, remember or think. The text also focuses on the behavioral and physiological approaches to cognition by including physiological materials in every chapter.

E. Bruce Goldstein

E. Bruce Goldstein is Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona. He has received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Pittsburgh for his classroom teaching and textbook writing. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University and his PhD in Experimental Psychology from Brown University. He was a postdoctoral fellow in the Biology Department at Harvard University before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Bruce published papers on a wide variety of topics, including retinal and cortical physiology, visual attention and the perception of pictures before focusing exclusively on teaching (Sensation & Perception, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology of Art, Introductory Psychology) and writing textbooks. He is the co-author of, Sensation and Perception, 11th edition (Cengage, 2021) and edited the Blackwell Handbook of Perception (Blackwell, 2001) and the two-volume Sage Encyclopedia of Perception (Sage, 2010). In 2016, he won “The Flame Challenge” competition, sponsored by the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, for his essay, written for 11-year-olds, on What Is Sound?
  • As with previous editions of this book, this edition features updates to material throughout, and in a few cases chapters have been rewritten or reorganized to improve clarity and pedagogy. Cognitive psychology is a research-driven field, and the research in every chapter has been updated to reflect current findings, scientific consensus, and hot topics.
  • Learning objectives have been added to the beginning of every chapter. These statements are clear, actionable goals that state what students will be able to do after completing that chapter. These learning objectives can help students focus their efforts and understand the relevance of the chapter content. Additionally, the learning objectives can serve as guidance for instruction and assessment. Test Yourself and Think About It items now include associated learning objectives to increase clarity of learning expectations.
  • A primary goal of this text is to be approachable to students, and that means being inclusive to all students. Therefore, efforts were taken to improve the inclusivity, equity, and diversity of content throughout this text. Updates include research findings from a more diverse range of researchers and participants from populations around the globe. Additionally, text language, examples, and figures are now more diverse, equitable, and inclusive.
  • Since the last edition, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world. In this edition, the impact of the pandemic on cognitive psychology topics and on students is discussed.
  • New and updated topics are included in every chapter, including virtual reality and artificial intelligence, multitasking, false memories and memory disorders, imagination and aphantasia, bilingualism, creativity, and more!
  • New and updated demonstrations are also included throughout.
  • "Test Yourself" questions, which appear in the middle and at the end of each chapter, are designed to get students to recall and review the information they've just read.
  • "Think About It" features at the end of each chapter use questions and doable projects to take students beyond the text material.
1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology.
2. Cognitive Neuroscience.
3. Perception.
4. Attention.
5. Short-Term and Working Memory.
6. Long-Term Memory: Structure.
7. Long-Term Memory: Encoding, Retrieval, and Consolidation.
8. Everyday Memory and Memory Errors.
9. Conceptual Knowledge.
10. Visual Imagery.
11. Language.
12. Problem Solving.
13. Judgment, Decisions, and Reasoning.
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