Cognitive psychology / / Philip Quinlan and Ben Dyson

• Autore: Quinlan Philip T.
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , [2008]; ©2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 706 páginas)
• Disciplina: 153
• Soggetto topico: Cognitive psychology
• Persona (resp. second.): DysonBen (Ben J.)
• Note generali: Incluye índice.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [641]-664) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Foundations -- Information processing and nature of the mind -- Visual processes and visual sensory memory -- Masking, thresholds and consciousness -- An introduction to perception -- Theories of perception -- Mental representation -- Attention : general introduction, basic models and data -- Attentional constraints and performance limitations -- Human memory : an introduction -- Human memory : fallibilities and failures -- Semantic memory and concepts -- Object recognition -- The nature of language and its relation to the other mental faculties -- Reasoning -- Cognition and emotion.
• Sommario/riassunto: Cognitive Psychology provides a lively and engaging introduction to this field and offers complete coverage of all the British Psychological Society (BPS) required topics. This text provides a clear and detailed account of key experiments, theories and concepts, and the examples, full colour photos and illustrations found throughout animate theoretical discussion and enable students to grasp the practical applications of Cognitive Psychology. &nbsp.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cognitive psychology
• ISBN: 1-292-21787-1; 1-5129-4126-3; 1-282-35048-X; 9786612350481; 0-273-73260-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150245403321
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