Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook [Hardcover]

Mark T. Keane (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0863775500 | ISBN-13: 978-0863775505 | Publication Date: October 20, 2000 | Edition: 4

This is a thorough revision and updating of the extremely successful third edition. As in previous editions, the following three perspectives are considered in depth: experimental cognitive psychology; cognitive science, with its focus on cognitive modelling; and cognitive neuropsychology with its focus on cognition following brain damage. In addition, and new to this edition, is detailed discussion of the cognitive neuroscience perspective, which uses advanced brain-scanning techniques to clarify the functioning of the human brain. There is detailed coverage of the dynamic impact of these four perspectives on the main areas of cognitive psychology, including perception, attention, memory, knowledge representation, categorisation, language, problem-solving, reasoning, and judgement.

The aim is to provide comprehensive coverage that is up-to-date, authoritative, and accessible. All existing chapters have been extensively revised and re-organised. Some of the topics receiving much greater coverage in this edition are: brain structures in perception, visual attention, implicit learning, brain structures in memory, prospective memory, exemplar theories of categorisation, language comprehension, connectionist models in perception, neuroscience studies of thinking, judgement, and decision making.

Cognitive Psychology: A Students Handbook will be essential reading for undergraduate students of psychology. It will also be of interest to students taking related courses in computer science, education, linguistics, physiology, and medicine.

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Although a fourth edition, this is a current text, relating all major areas of cognition to neuropsychological function and dysfunction, written in an accessible style with a well-illustrated format. - Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Psychology Press; 4 edition (October 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0863775500
• ISBN-13: 978-0863775505
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,032,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive but tedious, January 26, 2006

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J. M. Greer (Hexham, Northumberland United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook (Hardcover)

My main interests are Social Psychology so I am somewhat biased. This book is extremely well regarded in the U.K. and indeed it is a very good reference for Cognitive Psychology. Where it falls down is in the writing style. There is unfortunately a view on this side of the pond that if you write in an engaging and reader friendly way that you are guilty of dumbing down. Consequently, U.K. textbook writers frequently have a humourless and inacessible writing style. When this applied to a subject which is difficult for many people to grasp then the results can be stupifying. This is coupled here with a very dense typeface and a lack of illustrations. I think when complex experiments involving colour stimuli would benefit from good quality colour images. Here we have a book which is extrmeley uninviting. A little investment in improved visuals would be benficial.