Cognition Exploring the Science of the Mind 6th Edition Reisberg Test Bank

Cognition Exploring the Science of the Mind 6th Edition Reisberg Test Bank

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393938670
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393938678
• Author: Daniel Reisberg

One of the most successful cognitive psychology texts ever published: up-to-date, authoritative, and clearly written.

Cognition uses the best of current research to help students think like psychologists and understand how cognitive psychology is relevant to their lives. The Sixth Edition offers revised and revitalized ZAPS 2.0 Cognition Labs, enhanced neuroscience illustrations, and a new ebook, providing a highly interactive way for students to learn cognitive psychology.

Table contents:

PART 1: THE FOUNDATIONS OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY     

Chapter 1: The Science of the Mind

The Scope of Cognitive Psychology 

The Cognitive Revolution 

Research in Cognitive Psychology: The Diversity of Methods 

Applying Cognitive Psychology 

Chapter Review  

Chapter 2: The Neural Basis for Cognition

Explaining Capgras Syndrome  

The Study of the Brain  

Sources of Evidence about the Brain  

The Cerebral Cortex  

Brain Cells  

Moving On  

Cognitive Psychology and the Law: The Adolescent Brain  

Chapter Review  

PART 2: LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND US     

Chapter 3: Visual Perception

The Visual System  

Visual Coding  

Form Perception  

Constancy  

The Perception of Depth  

Cognitive Psychology and Technology: Virtual Reality  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 4: Recognizing Objects

Recognition: Some Early Considerations  

Word Recognition  

Feature Nets and Word Recognition  

Descendants of the Feature Net  

Face Recognition  

Top-Down Influences on Object Recognition  

Cognitive Psychology and Education: Speed-Reading  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 5: Paying Attention

Selective Attention  

Selection via Priming  

Divided Attention  

Practice  

Cognitive Psychology and Technology: “Virality”  

Chapter Review  

PART 3: MEMORY     

Chapter 6: The Acquisition of Memories and the Working-Memory System

Acquisition, Storage, and Retrieval  

The Route into Memory  

A Closer Look at Working Memory  

Entering Long-Term Storage: The Need for Engagement  

The Role of Meaning and Memory Connections  

Organizing and Memorizing  

The Study of Memory Acquisition  

Cognitive Psychology and Education: How Should I Study?  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 7: The Many Types of Memory

Learning as Preparation for Retrieval  

Encoding Specificity  

The Memory Network  

Different Forms of Memory Testing  

Implicit Memory  

Theoretical Treatments of Implicit Memory  

Amnesia  

Cognitive Psychology and Technology: “Truthiness”  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 8: Remembering Complex Events

Memory Errors, Memory Gaps  

Memory Errors: A Hypothesis  

The Cost of Memory Errors  

Avoiding Memory Errors  

Forgetting  

Autobiographical Memory  

How General Are the Principles of Memory?  

Cognitive Psychology and Health: Medical Histories  

Chapter Review  

PART 4: KNOWLEDGE     

Chapter 9: Concepts and Generic Knowledge

Understanding Concepts  

Prototypes and Typicality Effects  

Exemplars  

The Difficulties with Categorizing via Resemblance  

The Broader Role of Conceptual Knowledge  

The Diversity of Concepts  

The Knowledge Network  

Concepts: Putting the Pieces Together  

Cognitive Psychology and the Law: Defining Legal Concepts  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 10: Language

The Organization of Language  

Phonology  

Morphemes and Words  

Syntax  

Sentence Parsing  

Prosody  

Pragmatics  

The Biological Roots of Language  

Language and Thought  

Cognitive Psychology and Technology: The “Vocabulary” of Texting?  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 11: Visual Knowledge

Visual Imagery  

Chronometric Studies of Imagery  

Imagery and Perception  

Visual Imagery and the Brain  

Individual Differences in Imagery  

Images Are Not Pictures  

Long-Term Visual Memory  

The Diversity of Knowledge  

Cognitive Psychology and Health: Visualization and Pain Relief  

Chapter Review  

PART 5: THINKING  

Chapter 12: Judgment and Reasoning

Judgment  

Detecting Covariation  

Dual-Process Models  

Confirmation and Disconfirmation  

Logic  

Decision Making  

Cognitive Psychology and the Law: Pretrial Publicity  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 13: Problem Solving and Creativity

General Problem-Solving Methods  

Drawing on Experience  

Defining the Problem  

Creativity  

Cognitive Psychology and Education: Brainstorming  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 14: Intelligence

What Is Intelligence?  

Intelligence beyond the IQ Test  

The Roots of Intelligence  

Cognitive Psychology and Healthy: IQ and Life Expectancy  

Chapter Review  

Chapter 15: Conscious Thought, Unconscious Thought

The Study of Consciousness  

The Cognitive Unconscious  

Disruptions of Consciousness  

Consciousness and Executive Control  

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Consciousness  

The Role of Phenomenal Experience  

Consciousness: What Is Left Unsaid  

Cognitive Psychology and Health: “Vegetative States”  

Chapter Review

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