Customer Reviews

Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook, 6th Edition

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I am highly impressed from the hard work Keane and Eysenck have done, making the chaos of cognitive psychology clear once and for all. It's a huge area, and they've managed to organize it into chapters, sub-chapters and section. Each section is parted to "theory", "evidence" and "evaluation", so that there is no way you're going to miss what exactly you're reading about. They've managed to grasp, so I believe, all of the important topics of cognitive psychology, finely explaining the distinctions between the different methodologies used by researches in the field. There is a "further reading" list at the end of every chapter, which is very useful.
Highly recommended for undergraduates like myself and everyone interested in the area.

Alas, the book misses the cognitive research of emotions with the boring chapter 15, which simply doesn't get to the important point of that amazing topic. Additionally, the chapters about language didn't involve relevant studies from the area of generative linguistics, which lowered its effectiveness.

I ordered this book for a class on Cognitive Psychology and Visual Display of Information. The book helps to explain complex information in a manner that allows most people to understand and grasp its meaning. The depth of coverage on the subject allows one to develop a well rounded perspective on the subject.

Susan Eddington

Was told that some places have been selling copies of this book with ink that smudges. The quality of the book I received was great. Saved money with this because the university I go to over-charges like crazy - including postage, it was still cheaper here. Chapters are set out well, and explanations are adequately detailed.