Cognitive psychology / Douglas L. Medin, Brian H. Ross, Arthur B. Markman.

Author/creator Medin, Douglas L.
Other author Ross, Brian H.
Other author Markman, Arthur B.
Format Book
Edition4th ed.
Publication InfoHoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, ©2005.
Descriptionxvii, 557 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Psychology.

Contents Possibilities, Information, and Approaches to the Study of the Mind -- Domain of Cognitive Psychology -- Intuition -- Puzzles -- Possibilities -- A Framework -- Themes and Implications -- Experience and Experimentation -- Empiricism -- Scientific Observation -- Experimentation -- The Challenge of Cognitive Psychology -- Roots of Cognitive Psychology -- Introspectionism -- Behaviorism -- Critique of Behaviorism -- Cognitive Psychology -- The Emergence of Cognitive Science -- Cognitive Neuroscience Techniques -- Event-Related Potentials -- Positron Emission Tomography -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) -- Levels and Types of Explanations -- Ecological Validity -- Acquiring Information -- Learning -- The Challenge of Learning -- The Biological Backdrop of Learning -- Fixed-Action Patterns and Releasers -- Critical Periods and Imprinting -- Constraints on Learning -- Basic Learning -- Habituation -- Classical Conditioning -- Trial-and-Error Learning or Instrumental Learning -- Paired-Associate Learning -- Implications -- The Learning-Performance Distinction -- Contingency Learning and Illusory Correlation -- Contingency Learning and Casual Learning -- Content and Meaningful Learning -- Perception -- The Problem of Perception -- Visual Perception -- Low-Level Vision -- Localization -- High-Level Vision -- Feature Detection Theories -- Structural Theories -- Template Matching and Alignment -- Face Recognition and Visual Subsystems -- Levels and the Integration of Information in Perceptual Context Effects.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 487-531) and indexes.
LCCN 2003069374
ISBN0471458201 :