Fundamentals Cognitive Psychology [Paperback]

Henry C. Ellis (Author), Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1993 | ISBN-10: 0697105431 | ISBN-13: 978-0697105431 | Edition: 5 Sub

"Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology" by R. Reed Hunt and Henry C. Ellis is a brief core text with a value conscious price tag for courses in cognitive psychology. The 7th edition of this text presents brief coverage of perception, attention, memory, knowledge, problem solving, and emotion in a friendly and accessible style. By discussing selected experiments rather than exhaustively surveying the empirical literature, authors enable students to appreciate the intricacies of problem solving activity in cognition. The text incorporates real world examples, case studies, and useful key experiments on specific topics.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 409 pages
• Publisher: William C. Brown; 5 Sub edition (January 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0697105431
• ISBN-13: 978-0697105431
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,306,681 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and helpful, September 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology (Paperback)

As an undergraduate TA, I became familiar with this book when my supervising professor chose it for her undergraduate learning and cognition course. The text presents detailed coverage of the topics in an accessible style. I disagree with the previous reviewer about the value of the discussion of previous experiments. By providing a discussion of selected experiments rather than an exhaustive survey of the empirical literature, the intricacies of problem solving activity in cognitive psychology are highlighted. The text uses a thematic approach throughout, and incorporates real world examples, case studies, and useful examples of experiments on specific topics. I found myself wishing that this text had been used in the cognition course that I had previously taken.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Translated from the original Korean?, September 5, 2010

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chris amidon (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology (Paperback)

This is one of the worst textbooks I've had. It honestly reads like it was translated from Korean to German, and then to English. I have the concepts of Cognitive Psychology down pretty well, and I think this book actually caused me to lose some of it in the process of trying to wade through it.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book!, June 6, 2006

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A. Wan (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fundamentals of Cognitive Psychology (Paperback)

this book is the most boring text i've ever seen. readers would be discouraged by the ways these authors organize the subjects.
explanations of theories and ideas are overflowed..kept me and my colleagues confusing.
there are always some better books better than this one.