Cognitive Psychology, 7/E
Robert L. Solso
M. Kimberly MacLin, University of Northern Iowa
Otto H. MacLin, University of Northern Iowa

ISBN-10: 0205410308
ISBN-13: 9780205410309

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth; 624 pp
Published: 07/27/2004

Suggested retail price: $140.20
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One of the top sellers in the field, Cognitive Psychology is well-written, humorous, and contains up-to-date research in a rapidly changing area.

This best-selling textbook remains the most comprehensive and balanced text in the area of cognition. The Seventh Edition retains the strengths that made it one of the most popular texts among students and professors and now includes the latest studies and current findings in cognitive neuroscience. It also explores the critical issues in cognitive psychology through both a historical and contemporary context. Students will develop a better understanding of how cognitive psychology is practiced today through the historical perspectives and the “Try This” and “Cognition in Everyday Life” boxes, which encourage readers to become engaged and involved with the material.

  • Provides a historical framework for the modern issues in cognition, enabling students to see the evolution of the field.
  • Includes recent studies in cognitive neuroscience and artificial intelligence, keeping the material as up-to-date as possible for today's students.
  • Offers “preview questions” to assist students in reading and digesting information.
  • Asks students to consider how cognitive psychology manifests itself daily in “Cognition in Everyday Life” boxes.
  • Involves students through “Try This!” boxes, which focus on an easy activity or observation for students to try.

  • Focuses on particular studies in cognitive neuroscience through the new feature “Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience” in each chapter (starting with Chapter 3).
  • Includes updated language, contemporary examples, as well as new art and photos to keep the look and feel of the text as modern as its content.
  • Streamlines and clarifies the function of the boxed features throughout.
  • TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE–CogSim. This multimedia simulation resource engages students and reinforces learning. Simulations designed to illustrate the key concepts in Cognitive Psychology help students better understand and retain information from your course. Powered by CourseCompass™, CogSim also contains a complete suite of course management tools to help you administer your course. In addition to exciting simulations, students have unlimited access to Research Navigator, Allyn & Bacon's online database of journals and periodicals to help them research important topics in psychology. Research Navigator contains peer reviewed journals and magazines, as well as archived editions of The New York Times and Financial Times.



Preface.


1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology.

What Is Cognitive Psychology?

Information-Processing Model.

The Domain of Cognitive Psychology.

A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology.

Conceptual Science and Cognitive Psychology.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



2. Cognitive Neuroscience.

Exploring the Brain.

Logbook: The Twenty-First CenturyBrain Sciences.

MindBody Issues.

Cognitive Neuroscience.

The Nervous System.

Neurophysiological Sensing Techniques.

A Tale of Two Hemispheres.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



3. Perception and Attention.

The Computational Brain.

Sensation and Perception.

Perceptual Span.

Iconic Storage.

Echoic Storage.

Function of Sensory Stores.

Attention.

Processing Capacity and Selective Attention.

Auditory Signals.

Models of Selective Attention.

Visual Attention.

Automatic Processing.

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Attention.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Visual Attention.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.

4. Pattern Recognition.

Perceptual Theories.

Visual Pattern Recognition.

Gestalt Theory.

Canonic Perspectives.

Bottom-Up versus Top-Down Processing.

Template Matching.

Feature Analysis.

Prototype Matching.

Form Perception: An Integrated Approach.

Pattern Recognition among Experts.

Pattern Recognition—The Role of the Perceiver.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Pattern Recognition.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



5. States of Consciousness.

History of Consciousness.

Consciousness as a Scientific Construct.

Cognitive Psychology and Consciousness.

Metaphors of Consciousness.

Modern Theories of Consciousness.

Functions of Consciousness.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Consciousness in the Brain.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



6. Memory Processes.

Short-Term Memory.

Long-Term Memory.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Autobiographical Memory.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



7. Memory Models.

Early Studies.

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory.

Two Memory Stores.

Memory in the Larger Cognitive Domain.

Models of Memory.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Working Memory.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



8. Mnemonics and Experts.

A King from Texas Matches a Paul Bunyan King from Minnesota.

Mnemonic Systems.

Extraordinary Memories.

Experts and Expertise.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Chess Experts.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



9. The Representation of Knowledge.

Semantic Organization.

Declarative Knowledge and Procedural Knowledge.

Associationist Approach.

Semantic Memory: Cognitive Models.

Representation of Knowledge—Neurocognitive Considerations.

Memory: Consolidation.

Connectionism and the Representation of Knowledge.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Representation of Knowledge.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



10. Mental Imagery.

Historical Overview.

Imagery and Cognitive Psychology.

Cognitive Neuroscience Evidence.

Cognitive Maps.

Synesthesia: The Sound of Colors.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Cognitive Maps.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



11. Language: Structure and Abstractions.

Linguistics.

Chomsky's Theory of Grammar.

Psycholinguistic Aspects of Language.

Cognitive Psychology and Language: Abstraction of Linguistic Ideas.

Knowledge and Comprehension.

A Model of Comprehension: Kintsch.

Language and Neurology.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Linguistics.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



12. Language: Words and Reading.

Perceptual Span.

Lexical-Decision Task (LDT).

Word Recognition: A Cognitive-Anatomical Approach.

Comprehension.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Dyslexia.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



13. Cognitive Development.

Life-Span Development.

Developmental Psychology.

Neurocognitive Development.

Cognitive Development.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Cognitive Development.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



14. Thinking: Concept Formation, Logic, and Decision Making.

Thinking.

Concept Formation.

Logic.

Decision Making.

Decision Making and Rationality.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Decision Making.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



15. Thinking: Problem Solving, Creativity, and Human Intelligence.

Problem Solving.

Creativity.

Human Intelligence.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Creative Problem Solving.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



16. Computerized Cognition: Artificial Intelligence.

AI—The Beginnings.

AI and Human Cognition.

Machines and Minds: The Imitation Game and the Chinese Room.

Perception and AI.

Language and AI.

Problem Solving, Game Playing, and AI.

AI and the Arts.

Robots.

The Future of AI.

AI and Scientific Inquiry.



Spotlight on Cognitive Neuroscience: Artificial Face Recognition.

Summary.

Key Words.

Recommended Readings.



Glossary.


References.


Name Index.


Subject Index.

    One of the top sellers in the field, Cognitive Psychology is well-written, humorous, and remains the most comprehensive and balanced text in the area of undergraduate cognition. MacLin and MacLin, inheriting the textbook from the late Robert L. Solso, boldly revised and reorganized the Eighth Edition to reflect emerging trends in the field, while retaining the strengths that made it one of the most popular texts among students and professors. The text features a sequential model of human cognition from sensation to perception, to attention, to memory, to higher-order cognition, and features new cutting-edge coverage of consciousness, cognitive neuroscience, memory and forgetting, and evolutionary psychology.

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New Technology for Solso/MacLin/MacLin's Cognitive Psychology, Seventh Edition

CogSim is a multimedia simulation resource that can be used as a supplement to your course in Cognitive Psychology to engage students and to reinforce learning. With simulations designed to illustrate the key concepts in Cognitive Psychology, CogSim helps students to better understand and retain information from your course. Powered by CourseCompass™, CogSim also contains a complete suite of course management tools to help you administer your course. In addition to exciting simulations, students have unlimited access to Research Navigator™, Allyn & Bacon's online database of journals and periodicals to help them research important topics in psychology. Research Navigator™ contains peer reviewed journals and magazines, as well as archived editions of The New York Times and the Financial Times.

Simulations in CogSim

  • How Good Is Your Cognitive Map?
  • Distinguishing Dependent and Independent Variables.
  • Distinguishing Figure from Ground.
  • Experiencing the Stroop Effect.
  • The Serial Position Curve.
  • The Mind's Organization of Conceptual Knowledge.
  • Lexical Bias in Slips of the Tongue.
  • How Good Is Your Memory for Stories?
  • Intuition and Discovery in Problem Solving.
  • Anchoring and Adjustment in Problem Solving.

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