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Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications
Ninth Edition| ©2020 John Anderson
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Anderson Cognitive Psychology 9th edition show students how we know what we know about the mind.
Cognitive Psychology 9th edition takes students to the forefront of the field and introduces them to key discoveries of cognitive psychology. With accessible and clear explanations, Anderson shows students how mental processes are investigated and how we know what we know about the mind. Cognitive Psychology 9e introduces students to both the cutting edge findings of cognitive neuroscience and classic behavioral studies. Experimental data, sample stimuli, brain images, and research tasks woven throughout the text give students a real understanding of how research is conducted and the excitement of discovery. Fascinating examples and applications of cognitive theory further keep students engaged.
Features
Introductory questions at the start of each chapter gets students thinking about key ideas and concepts.
Questions for Thought at the end of each chapter ask students to reflect on the core issues of the field applying what they learned from chapter discussions.
Implications boxes feature fascinating applications of chapter ideas.
Experimental data, sample stimuli, brain images, and research tasks woven throughout give students a real understanding of how cognitive psychology conclusions are reached.
Short summaries at the end of each section reinforce key points
New to This Edition
Cognitive Psychology 9e feature a new full color design with new illustrations and photos. Each chapter has been thoroughly revised.
Major new content by chapter:
1 The Science of Cognition
- new section: A Cognitive Neuroscience Revolution?
- new Implications box: The Replicability Crisis
2 Perception
- new section: Object Recognition by Deep Convolutional Networks
- new Implications box: New Developments in Face-Recognition Software
3 Attention and Performance
- new section: Individual Differences in Visual Imagery
- new Implications box: Cell Phones and Distraction
4 Mental Imagery
- new section: Inattentional Blindness
- new Implications box: Spatial Skills and STEM Education
5 Representation of Knowledge
- new section: Memory for the Detail of Everyday Experiences
- significant new material on prototype theories, exemplar theories, and natural categories
6 Human Memory: Encoding and Storage
- new section: Spacing Effects
- significant new material on flashbulb memories
7 Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval
- new Implications box: Is Forgetting Adaptive?
- significant new material on eyewitness testimony
8 Problem Solving
- new section: Giving Up on Problem Solving
- new Implications box: When Humans Are Better at Solving Problems Than Computers
- significant new material on learning by example and on analogical reasoning
9 Expertise
- new section: Talent versus Deliberate Practice
- significantly revised section: Educational Implications
10 Reasoning
- new section: Causal Reasoning (replaces Evaluating Conditional Arguments in a Larger Context)
11 Problem Solving
- new section: Choosing among Multiple Alternatives
- new Implications box: What Can We Believe with High Confidence?
12 Language Structure
- new Implications box: Bilingualism
- significantly revised section: Educational Implications
13 Language Comprehension
- new Implications box: Nonverbal Communication
14 Individual Differences in Cognition
- new Implications box: Is There a Relationship between Age and Job Performance?
- new section: Cognitive and Neural Correlates of Intelligence
“The biggest strength is the breadth of coverage in this text, ….I also really like that the author situates himself in the field by presenting his own research, and sharing insights from the development of the field.”--Patrick Carolan, Saint Mary’s University
“It think the major strengths of Andersons text are his use of real world examples outside of the discipline to bring life to theoretical points and his use of graphs/figures to illustrate the empirical, data-driven knowledge base of the discipline.” --Russell Costa, Westminster College
“The book does an excellent job of covering traditional foundational behavioral cognitive psychology studies on each topic, and following this up with recent work in neuroscience.”--George Seror, Univ of Houston, Downtown
“Reviews from students each year have indicated that they greatly appreciated Andersons straightforward writing style. ...The clear writing helps boil down (at times) complex topics into something very palatable to students. For those topics that may not be difficult inherently but perhaps include many different factors, the organization of how he describes information is very useful.”--Meagan Lentz, Rivier Univ
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Table of Contents
1 The Science of Cognition
2 Perception
3 Attention and Performance
4 Mental Imagery
5 Representation of Knowledge
6 Human Memory: Encoding and Storage
7 Human Memory: Retention and Retrieval
8 Problem Solving
9 Expertise
10 Reasoning
11 Problem Solving
12 Language Structure
13 Language Comprehension
14 Individual Differences in Cognition
Authors
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John R. Anderson
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