Cognition : exploring the science of the mind /
Reisberg, Daniel,
Cognition : exploring the science of the mind / Daniel Reisberg. - Second edition. - xii, 502, 93 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Foundations of Cognitive Psychology -- The Science of the Mind -- The Psychology of the Ordinary -- A Brief History -- Research in Cognitive Psychology--An Example -- Chapter Summary -- The Neural Basis for Cognition -- Capgras Syndrome: An Initial Example -- The Principal Structures of the Brain -- The Visual System -- Chapter Summary -- Learning about the World Around Us -- Recognizing Objects in the World -- Visual Perception -- Object Recognition -- Word Recognition -- Feature Nets and Word Recognition -- Descendants of the Feature Net -- Different Objects, Different Recognition Systems? -- Top-down Influences on Object Recognition -- Chapter Summary -- Paying Attention -- Selective Listening -- Perceiving and the Limits on Cognitive Capacity -- Divided Attention -- Practice -- Chapter Summary -- Memory -- The Acquisition of Memories and the Working-Memory System -- The Route into Memory -- A Closer Look at Working Memory -- Entering Long-Term Storage: The Role of the Intent to Learn -- The Role of Meaning and Memory Connections -- Organizing and Memorizing -- The Study of "Memory Acquisition" -- Chapter Summary -- Interconnections between Acquisition and Retrieval -- Retrieval Hints and Cues -- Encoding Specificity -- Different Forms of Memory Testing -- Implicit Memory -- Theoretical Treatments of Implicit Memory -- Amnesia -- Chapter Summary -- Memory Errors, Memory Gaps -- Memory Errors: Some Initial Examples -- The Potential Sources of Memory Error -- Evaluating Human Memory -- Autobiographical Memory -- Chapter Summary -- Knowledge -- Associative Theories of Long-Term Memory -- The Network Notion -- Evidence Favoring the Network Approach -- More Direct Tests of the Network Claims -- Retrieving Information from a Network -- Unpacking the Nodes -- Evaluating Network Models -- The Newest Chapter: Connectionism -- Chapter Summary -- Concepts and Generic Knowledge -- Definitions: What Do We Know When We Know What a Dog Is? -- Prototypes and "Typicality" Effects -- Exemplars -- The Difficulties with Categorizing via Resemblance -- Concepts as "Implicit Theories" -- Chapter Summary -- Language -- Phonology -- Words -- Syntax -- Sentence Parsing -- The Biology of Language -- Chapter Summary -- Visual Knowledge -- Visual Imagery -- Long-Term Visual Memory -- The Diversity of Knowledge -- Chapter Summary -- Thinking -- Judgment: Drawing Conclusions from Evidence -- Availability -- Representativeness -- Support Theory -- Detecting Covariation -- Base Rates -- Assessing the Damage -- Chapter Summary -- Reasoning: Thinking through the Implications of What You Know -- Confirmation and Disconfirmation -- Logic -- Mental Models -- Decision-Making -- Chapter Summary -- Solving Problems -- General Problem-Solving Methods -- Relying on Past Knowledge -- Defining the Problem -- Creativity -- Chapter Summary -- Conscious Thought, Unconscious Thought -- The Cognitive Unconscious -- The Disadvantages of Unconscious Processing -- The Function of Consciousness -- Consciousness: What Is Left Unsaid -- Chapter Summary -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Index. Part 1. 1. 2. Part 2. 3. 4. Part 3. 5. 6. 7. Part 4. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part 5. 12. 13. 14. 15.
039397622X 9780393976229
00046293
Cognitive psychology
BF201. / R45 2001
153
Cognition : exploring the science of the mind / Daniel Reisberg. - Second edition. - xii, 502, 93 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Foundations of Cognitive Psychology -- The Science of the Mind -- The Psychology of the Ordinary -- A Brief History -- Research in Cognitive Psychology--An Example -- Chapter Summary -- The Neural Basis for Cognition -- Capgras Syndrome: An Initial Example -- The Principal Structures of the Brain -- The Visual System -- Chapter Summary -- Learning about the World Around Us -- Recognizing Objects in the World -- Visual Perception -- Object Recognition -- Word Recognition -- Feature Nets and Word Recognition -- Descendants of the Feature Net -- Different Objects, Different Recognition Systems? -- Top-down Influences on Object Recognition -- Chapter Summary -- Paying Attention -- Selective Listening -- Perceiving and the Limits on Cognitive Capacity -- Divided Attention -- Practice -- Chapter Summary -- Memory -- The Acquisition of Memories and the Working-Memory System -- The Route into Memory -- A Closer Look at Working Memory -- Entering Long-Term Storage: The Role of the Intent to Learn -- The Role of Meaning and Memory Connections -- Organizing and Memorizing -- The Study of "Memory Acquisition" -- Chapter Summary -- Interconnections between Acquisition and Retrieval -- Retrieval Hints and Cues -- Encoding Specificity -- Different Forms of Memory Testing -- Implicit Memory -- Theoretical Treatments of Implicit Memory -- Amnesia -- Chapter Summary -- Memory Errors, Memory Gaps -- Memory Errors: Some Initial Examples -- The Potential Sources of Memory Error -- Evaluating Human Memory -- Autobiographical Memory -- Chapter Summary -- Knowledge -- Associative Theories of Long-Term Memory -- The Network Notion -- Evidence Favoring the Network Approach -- More Direct Tests of the Network Claims -- Retrieving Information from a Network -- Unpacking the Nodes -- Evaluating Network Models -- The Newest Chapter: Connectionism -- Chapter Summary -- Concepts and Generic Knowledge -- Definitions: What Do We Know When We Know What a Dog Is? -- Prototypes and "Typicality" Effects -- Exemplars -- The Difficulties with Categorizing via Resemblance -- Concepts as "Implicit Theories" -- Chapter Summary -- Language -- Phonology -- Words -- Syntax -- Sentence Parsing -- The Biology of Language -- Chapter Summary -- Visual Knowledge -- Visual Imagery -- Long-Term Visual Memory -- The Diversity of Knowledge -- Chapter Summary -- Thinking -- Judgment: Drawing Conclusions from Evidence -- Availability -- Representativeness -- Support Theory -- Detecting Covariation -- Base Rates -- Assessing the Damage -- Chapter Summary -- Reasoning: Thinking through the Implications of What You Know -- Confirmation and Disconfirmation -- Logic -- Mental Models -- Decision-Making -- Chapter Summary -- Solving Problems -- General Problem-Solving Methods -- Relying on Past Knowledge -- Defining the Problem -- Creativity -- Chapter Summary -- Conscious Thought, Unconscious Thought -- The Cognitive Unconscious -- The Disadvantages of Unconscious Processing -- The Function of Consciousness -- Consciousness: What Is Left Unsaid -- Chapter Summary -- Glossary -- References -- Credits -- Index. Part 1. 1. 2. Part 2. 3. 4. Part 3. 5. 6. 7. Part 4. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part 5. 12. 13. 14. 15.
039397622X 9780393976229
00046293
Cognitive psychology
BF201. / R45 2001
153