The Evolution and Function of Cognition

by Felix E. Goodson

Overview

Appropriate as a textbook for graduate courses, The Evolution and Function of Cognition provides a systematic and progressively inclusive integration of the facts and principles of cognitive psychology. It includes contributions of information processing and reaction, and emphasizes historical continuity. In addition, the book shows how evolutionary psychology fits in with the mainstream of thought in psychological theory.

The Evolution and Function of Cognition will benefit scholars and researchers interested in the general topics of evolutionary psychology and cognitive science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805842173
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/01/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword. Prologue. Background. Foundations. Overview. Sensory Input. Perceptual Structuring. Learning-Memory. Apperception. Reaction. Language. Epilogue.

Editorial Reviews

Meant to be used as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses in evolutionary psychology (incorporating a cognitive psychology perspective), this work employs a narrative structure more akin to the humanities than to the hard sciences to illustrate the evolution of the functioning of the human brain. The author begins with the beginnings of life and proceeds to the development of the higher cognitive powers. Separate chapters are devoted to sensory input, perceptual structuring, learning and memory, apperception, reaction, and language. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR