
Cognitive psychology
Title:
Cognitive psychology
Author:
Sternberg, Robert J.
ISBN:
9780155085350
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, ©2003.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 596 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Introduction to Cognitive Psychology -- Exploring Cognitive Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology Defined -- Philosophical Antecedents of Psychology: Rationalism versus Empiricism -- Psychological Antecedents of Cognitive Psychology -- Early Dialectics in the Psychology of Cognition -- From Associationism to Behaviorism -- Gestalt Psychology -- Emergence of Cognitive Psychology -- Early Role of Psychobiology -- Add a Dash of Technology: Engineering and Computation -- Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology -- Goals of Research -- Distinctive Research Methods -- Key Issues and Fields within Cognitive Psychology -- Underlying Themes in the Study of Cognitive Psychology -- Key Ideas in Cognitive Psychology -- Thinking about Thinking: Factual, Analytical, Creative, and Practical Questions -- Cognitive Neuroscience -- Exploring Cognitive Psychology -- Brain --
Electronic Access:
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