Cognitive Psychology
A Student's Handbook
by Michael W. Eysenck, Mark T. Keane
8th Edition
Publisher: Psychology Press
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781138482210 |
| eText ISBN | 9781351058506 |
| Publisher | Psychology Press |
| Publishing Year | 2020 |
| Edition | 8th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 948 |
Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook, 8th Edition, is an undergraduate textbook that examines fundamental theories and empirical findings across the study of human cognition. The volume introduces major theoretical paradigms, comparing cognitive psychology, cognitive neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience, and computational cognitive science.
Broad coverage includes visual perception and attention, human memory systems, and language processing. The text also investigates higher-level thinking and reasoning, alongside discussions evaluating whether cognitive research faces a replication crisis.
Widely regarded as a leading textbook in cognitive psychology, this edition incorporates updated research references and real-world case studies. Each chapter includes key definitions, practical applications, chapter summaries, and suggested further reading.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Approaches to human cognition
- • Introduction
- • Cognitive psychology
- • Cognitive neuropsychology
- • Cognitive neuroscience: the brain in action
- • Computational cognitive science
- • Comparisons of major approaches
- • Is there a replication crisis?
- • Outline of this book
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 2: Basic processes in visual perception
- • Introduction
- • Vision and the brain
- • Two visual systems: perception-action model
- • Colour vision
- • Depth perception
- • Perception without awareness: subliminal perception
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 3: Object and face recognition
- • Introduction
- • Pattern recognition
- • Perceptual organisation
- • Approaches to object recognition
- • Object recognition: top-down processes
- • Face recognition
- • Visual imagery
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 4: Motion perception and action
- • Introduction
- • Direct perception
- • Visually guided movement
- • Visually guided action: contemporary approaches
- • Perception of human motion
- • Change blindness
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 5: Attention and performance
- • Introduction
- • Focused auditory attention
- • Focused visual attention
- • Disorders of visual attention
- • Visual search
- • Cross-modal effects
- • Divided attention: dual-task performance
- • “Automatic” processing
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 6: Learning, memory and forgetting
- • Introduction
- • Short-term vs long-term memory
- • Working memory: Baddeley and Hitch
- • Working memory: individual differences and executive functions
- • Levels of processing (and beyond)
- • Learning through retrieval
- • Implicit learning
- • Forgetting from long-term memory
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 7: Long-term memory systems
- • Introduction
- • Declarative memory
- • Episodic memory
- • Semantic memory
- • Non-declarative memory
- • Beyond memory systems and declarative vs non-declarative memory
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 8: Everyday memory
- • Introduction
- • Autobiographical memory: introduction
- • Memories across the lifetime
- • Theoretical approaches to autobiographical memory
- • Eyewitness testimony
- • Enhancing eyewitness memory
- • Prospective memory
- • Theoretical perspectives on prospective memory
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 9: Speech perception and reading
- • Introduction
- • Speech (and music) perception
- • Listening to speech
- • Context effects
- • Theories of speech perception
- • Cognitive neuropsychology
- • Reading: introduction
- • Word recognition
- • Reading aloud
- • Reading: eye-movement research
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 10: Language comprehension
- • Introduction
- • Parsing: overview
- • Theoretical approaches: parsing and prediction
- • Pragmatics
- • Individual differences: working memory capacity
- • Discourse processing: inferences
- • Discourse comprehension: theoretical approaches
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 11: Language production
- • Introduction
- • Basic aspects of speech production
- • Speech planning
- • Speech errors
- • Theories of speech production
- • Cognitive neuropsychology: speech production
- • Speech as communication
- • Writing: the main processes
- • Spelling
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 12: Problem solving and expertise
- • Introduction
- • Problem solving: introduction
- • Gestalt approach and beyond: insight and role of experience
- • Problem-solving strategies
- • Analogical problem solving and reasoning
- • Expertise
- • Chess-playing expertise
- • Medical expertise
- • Brain plasticity
- • Deliberate practice and beyond
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 13: Judgement and decision-making
- • Introduction
- • Judgement research
- • Theories of judgement
- • Decision-making under risk
- • Decision-making: emotional and social factors
- • Applied and complex decision-making
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 14: Reasoning and hypothesis testing
- • Introduction
- • Hypothesis testing
- • Deductive reasoning
- • Theories of “deductive” reasoning
- • Brain systems in reasoning
- • Informal reasoning
- • Are humans rational?
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 15: Cognition and emotion
- • Introduction
- • Appraisal theories
- • Emotion regulation
- • Affect and cognition: attention and memory
- • Affect and cognition: judgement and decision-making
- • Judgement and decision-making: theoretical approaches
- • Anxiety, depression and cognitive biases
- • Cognitive bias modification and beyond
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
Chapter 16: Consciousness
- • Introduction
- • Functions of consciousness
- • Assessing consciousness and conscious experience
- • Global workspace and global neuronal workspace theories
- • Is consciousness unitary?
- • Chapter summary
- • Further reading
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