This text fills a gap between traditional cognitive psychology textbooks and independent reading of scientific journals. The author presents a balanced collection of classic articles from the '50s and '60s along with contemporary articles with a strong focus on experimental reports. Introductions at the beginning of each article provide a context for the article and, when necessary, familiarize the student with the terminology and research techniques it uses. At the end of the introduction, the author suggests things for the students to think about while reading the article.
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A useful introduction to journal articles,
By John Dent (University of Teesside) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Experimenting with the Mind (Psychology Series) (Paperback)
Firstly a note of caution: this is not a standard introductory text to cognitive psychology (such as Best, Matlin or Eysenck and Keane), but instead a 'reader' in cognitive psychology. It is a collection of 35 'classic' journal articles covering all aspects of the subject. Komatsu places the articles clearly in their theoretical contexts; explaining the preceding research, and subsequent developments, with references for further reading and a series of questions for the reader. The articles may well have been chosen for their clarity, and as such seem good choices (although I can imagine many struggling with Mclelland and Rumelhart). In fact, simply by placing the articles in a nice textbook seems to make them more palatable. I would strongly recommend this as a companion text for an introductory cognitive psychology course. While I believe this to be an excellent text, it is not without some limitations. It's strengths seem to lie in the areas of attention (with studies by Cherry; Treisman; Spelke, et al), and representation of knowledge (Collins and Quillian; Rosch and Mervis), and in the methodologies covered (with example of experimental studies and also from the fields of connectionism and cognitive neuropsychology). There are a good deal of other important articles as well (and I would single out Loftus and Palmer; Metcalfe and Weibe; Chi, Feltovich and Glaser; Bahrick et al., 1975; Mclelland and Rumelhart; Baddeley et al.,1975; Sternberg), but some choices seem more idiosyncratic (for example the articles selected from Wason and Kahneman and Tversky are important, but not the most obvious selections). I feel the weaknesses lie in the areas of perception and language, where with some exceptions the choices seem weak. These reservations, notwithstanding, this is an excellent addition to the area.
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