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Informationen zum Autor John B. Best is the author of Cognitive Psychology, 5th Edition, published by Wiley. Klappentext How do we "know"? In this engaging and comprehensive revision, John B. Best vividly demonstrates that the ease with which we engage in cognitive processes shouldn't blind us to their complexity; in fact, he fosters student appreciation of the nuances through real-world anecdotes, timely coverage of research, and applied demonstrations. Best's discussions of memory consider complex issues of contemporary neuroscience. Cognitive Psychology provides balanced coverage of the core areas of the discipline, including perception, memory, language, pattern recognition, and thinking. Best skillfully relates cognitive psychology to your experience and provides a solid foundation for later studies in psychology or in related fields. Zusammenfassung Cognitive Psychology! Fifth Edition! provides balanced coverage of the core areas of the discipline! including perception! memory! language! pattern recognition! and thinking. John Best skillfully provides a solid foundation for later studies in psychology or in related fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: INTRODUCTION* Cognitive Psychology: Definitions! Roots! and MetaphorsPart 2: PERCEPTION*Attention and Object RecognitionPart 3: MEMORY*Memory as Storage* Memory as Recomputation and CorrespondencePart 4: ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE*Structure of Knowledge: A Symbolic Approach* Structure of Knowledge: A Connectionist ApproachPart 5: LANGUAGE*Structure of Language* Cognitive Process In Speech and Language Perception* Language Acquisition and Cognitive DevelopmentPart 6: THINKING*Reasoning and Deciding* Concepts and Categories* Problem Solving
