Research Catalog

Title

The essence of cognitive psychology / Helen Gavin.

Author

Gavin, Helen.

Publication

London ; New York : Prentice Hall Europe, 1998.

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Description

xi, 215 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This text highlights information about cognitive approaches to psychological functioning, thus can also be easily read by those with little previous knowledge of the subject.

Subject

• Cognitive Science
• Cognitive psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. 1. Background -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Approaches to Cognitive Psychology -- Pt. 2. Information Gathering -- 3. Sensational Perceptual System -- 4. Attention and Selection -- 5. Awareness, the Brain and Attention -- Pt. 3. Information Storage -- 6. Structure of Memory -- 7. Retention and Retrieval -- 8. Erm ... Forgetting -- 9. Organisation of Knowledge -- Pt. 4. Information Use -- 10. Thinking -- Logic, Decision Making and Problem Solving -- 11. Creativity and Intelligence -- 12. Learning, Skill and Expertise -- 13. Language Acquisition and Development -- 14. Structure and Comprehension of Language -- Pt. 5. Outside the Human Mind -- 15. Animal Cognition -- 16. Machine Cognition -- 17. Machines and Cognitive Functioning -- Can Computers See, Talk or Think? -- 18. Concluding Thought.

ISBN

0137964595 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97044936^

OCLC

38048684

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library