Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory

by Kathleen M. Galotti

Overview

Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory presents balanced, up-to-date coverage of cognitive psychology and shows readers that research conducted in the lab truly does impact the real world. Using her signature, accessible writing style, author Kathleen M. Galotti masterfully connects cognitive psychology to students′ everyday lives through current, relevant examples. The Sixth Edition has been updated to reflect the rapidly changing field of cognitive psychology with new references, streamlined content that gives more attention to key topics like memory, and material on advances in research that enhance our understanding of how people acquire and use information. 

Interactive eBook also available—bundle it with the new edition!
Your students save when you bundle the new edition with the interactive eBook version. Order using bundle ISBN 978-1-5063-9877-8. Learn more.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781506391724
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	07/05/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	520
File size:	12 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Kathleen M. Galotti holds a B.A. in psychology and economics from Wellesley College, as well as an M.A. and a Ph.D. in psychology and an M.S.E. in computer and information sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. At Carleton College she holds the title Professor and Director of Cognitive Science, an interdisciplinary program, which she helped establish in 1989. She also is a former department chair of Psychology. She teaches courses in cognitive and developmental psychology and cognitive science, and has also taught courses in statistics and introductory psychology. Dr. Galotti is the author or coauthor of dozens of peer-reviewed studies in cognitive and developmental psychology. Her research centers on the development of reasoning and decision-making skills from the preschool period through adulthood and on the styles with which adolescents and adults plan for the future, make important life commitments, and learn new information. Her research has been funded through the National Science Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. She is the author of Making Decisions That Matter: How People Face Important Life Choices (Erlbaum, 2002), as well as a textbook, Cognitive Development: Infancy Through Adolescence (SAGE, 2011).

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Author
CHAPTER 1 • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: History, Methods, and Paradigms
Setting the Stage
Influences on the Study of Cognition
Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology
Paradigms of Cognitive Psychology
CHAPTER 2 • THE BRAIN: An Overview of Structure and Function
Setting the Stage
Structure of the Brain
Localization of Function
Lateralization of Function
Brain-Imaging Techniques
Other Brain-Recording Techniques
Training the Brain
CHAPTER 3 • PERCEPTION: Recognizing Patterns and Objects
Setting the Stage
Gestalt Approaches to Perception
Bottom-Up Processes
Top-Down Processes
Face Perception
Direct Perception
Disruptions of Perception: Visual Agnosias
CHAPTER 4 • ATTENTION: Deploying Cognitive Resources
Setting the Stage
Selective Attention
Divided Attention
Automaticity and the Effects of Practice
Controlling Attention
Neural Underpinnings of Attention
Divided Attention Outside the Laboratory: Cell Phone Use While Driving
CHAPTER 5 • WORKING MEMORY: Forming and Using New Memory Traces
Setting the Stage
Traditional Approaches to the Study of Memory
Working Memory
Executive Functioning
Neurological Studies of Memory Processes
CHAPTER 6 • RETRIEVING MEMORIES FROM LONG-TERM STORAGE
Setting the Stage
Aspects of Long-Term Memory
Subdivisions of Long-Term Memory
The Levels-of-Processing View
Amnesia
CHAPTER 7 • THE RECONSTRUCTIVE NATURE OF MEMORY
Setting the Stage
Narrative Memory
Autobiographical Memory
The Recovered/False Memory Debate
Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation
CHAPTER 8 • KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: Storing and Organizing Information in Long-Term Memory
Setting the Stage
Organizing Knowledge
Forming Concepts and Categorizing New Instances
CHAPTER 9 • VISUAL IMAGERY AND SPATIAL COGNITION
Setting the Stage
Codes in Long-Term Memory
Empirical Investigations of Imagery
The Nature of Mental Imagery
Neuropsychological Findings
Spatial Cognition
CHAPTER 10 • LANGUAGE
Setting the Stage
Defining Language
The Structure of Language
Language Comprehension and Production
Language and Cognition
Neuropsychological Views and Evidence
Bilingualism
CHAPTER 11 • THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
Setting the Stage
Defining Terms
Classic Problems and General Methods of Solution
Blocks to Problem Solving
The Problem Space Hypothesis
Expert Systems
Finding Creative Solutions
Critical Thinking
CHAPTER 12 • REASONING AND DECISION MAKING
Setting the Stage
Reasoning
Decision Making
Cognitive Illusions in Decision Making
Utility Models of Decision Making
Descriptive Models of Decision Making
Neuropsychological Evidence on Reasoning and Decision Making
CHAPTER 13 • COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ADOLESCENCE
Setting the Stage
Stage and Nonstage Theories of Cognitive Development
Piagetian Theory
Non-Piagetian Approaches to Cognitive Development
Some Post-Piagetian Answers to the Question “What Develops?”
CHAPTER 14 • INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITION
Setting the Stage
Individual Differences in Cognition
Gender Differences in Cognition
CHAPTER 15 • COGNITION IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Setting the Stage
Defining “Culture”
Examples of Studies of Cross-Cultural Cognition
Effects of Schooling and Literacy
Situated Cognition in Everyday Settings
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

A textbook for a one-term undergraduate course for students who have completed the introductory psychology course. Galotti includes both the traditional topics in cognition and some topics that are usually omitted--such as cognitive development, gender differences, and cross-cultural approaches to cognition--to put the traditional topics in broader perspective. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Galotti’s textbook provides comprehensive coverage of cognitive psychology…The text would give a wonderful foundation for advanced students who plan to attend graduate programs in cognitive psychology/cognitive science.”

Hildur Halliday Schilling

I strongly agree with Galotti’s sentiment. Cognitive psychology is so much more than the rigorous experimental research that dominates most textbooks in the field. While it is important to facilitate an appreciation for experimental design and behavioral testing methodologies, I feel it is equally important to highlight the application of research in cognitive psychology to our everyday, real-world problems.”

Dunja L. Trunk

"I feel that Dr. Galotti did a very good job on providing real-life examples and making them accessible to the readers.”

Xiaowei Zhao

Galotti’s Chapter Summaries are very strong; the important, big-picture concepts and themes presented in the chapter are condensed down to approximately one page. For a student, this makes for a very useful tool, assuming they have in fact read the chapter in the first place.”

James Scepansky

Galotti has gathered the most important topics in modern cognitive psychology and approaches them with a conversational writing style—supplemented with examples and figures—bringing abstract concepts to life.”

Darrell Rudmann