Cognitive Psychology: Theory, Process, and Methodology

by Dawn M. McBride, J. Cooper Cutting, Corinne L. Zimmerman

Overview

Cognitive Psychology engages students in the key topics of study by making connections to situations and encounters in their day-to-day lives. Dawn M. McBride, J. Cooper Cutting, and new coauthor Corinne Zimmerman, cover essential topics such as perception, attention, memory, language, reasoning and problem solving, and cognitive neuroscience. The Third Edition features new research and citations, a new chapter on cognitive development, and a fully executed plan to include more diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781544398341
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/10/2022
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Dawn M. McBride is professor of psychology at Illinois State University, where she has taught research methods since 1998. Her research interests include automatic forms of memory, false memory, prospective memory, task order choices, and forgetting. In addition to research methods, she teaches courses in introductory psychology, cognition and learning, and human memory; she also teaches a graduate course in experimental design. She is a recipient of the Illinois State University Teaching Initiative Award and the Illinois State University SPA/Psi Chi Jim Johnson Award for commitment to undergraduate mentorship, involvement, and achievement. Her nonacademic interests include spending time with her family, traveling, watching Philadelphia sports teams (it was a good year for Philly sports this year!), and reading British murder mysteries. She earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

J. Cooper Cutting (PhD, cognitive psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is associate professor of psychology at Illinois State University. Dr. Cutting's research interests are in psycholinguistics, primarily, with a focus on the production of language. A central theme of his research is how different types of information interact during language use. He has examined this issue in the context of lexical access, within-sentence agreement processes, figurative language production, and pragmatics. He has taught courses in research methods, statistics, cognitive psychology, computer applications in psychology, human memory, psycholinguistics, and sensation and perception. He is also a recipient of the Illinois State University SPA/Psi Chi Jim Johnson Award for commitment to undergraduate mentorship, involvement, and achievement. His non-academic interests include gardening and reading science fiction and fantasy novels.

Corinne Zimmerman (PhD, cognitive development, University of Alberta) is a professor of psychology at Illinois State University. Her research interests include the development of scientific reasoning, reasoning about scientific concepts, scientific literacy, and the psychology of pseudoscientific beliefs. She teaches courses in educational psychology, developmental psychology, and cultural psychology. Her non-academic interests include knitting, crocheting, watercolor painting, digital art, baking, and cooking things "from scratch."

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 • Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Chapter 2 • Cognitive Neuroscience
Chapter 3 • Perception
Chapter 4 • Attention
Chapter 5 • Memory Structures and Processes
Chapter 6 • Long-Term Memory Retrieval
Chapter 7 • Memory Errors
Chapter 8 • Language
Chapter 9 • Concepts and Knowledge
Chapter 10 • Imagery
Chapter 11 • Problem Solving
Chapter 12 • Reasoning
Chapter 13 • Decision Making
Chapter 14 • Cognitive Development
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

A beautiful book visually—clear, approachable, and up-to-date.”

David A. Rosenbaum

A comprehensive and visual guide of contemporary and classic research in cognitive psychology.”

Darrell Rudmann

The overall layout of the book is very nicely done. It is engaging, colorful, and captures your eye.”

Natalie Costa