BIOS Instant Notes in Cognitive Psychology

Jackie Andrade, Jon May

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2004
• Topic: Psychology
• eBook ISBN:
  9781135322366
• Subtopic: Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
• Index: Psychology

Instant Notes in Cognitive Psychology is a concise summary of the key theoretical and empirical topics in cognitive psychology, providing easy access to the core information in the field. The book can serve as a core text, supplemented by readings in the original literature, as a reference guide for students and lecturers alike, or as an ideal revision guide prior to exams.

Instant Notes in Cognitive Psychology is intended primarily for students taking a first course in the subject, but can also be used as an introduction to the field for undergraduates and graduates from other subject areas.

INDEX

2.5D sketch, 31

246 task, 132

3D sketch, 31, 34–35

access consciousness, 199

accommodation, 23

acquired dyslexia, 174–175

action disorganization syndrome, 211

action schemas, 54

action slips, 56–57, 211

adaptation, 18

additive model, 8

adoption studies, 192–194

affect, 213–217

affect infusion model, 224

affective priming, 207–208, 216

after-effects, 18–19

after-images, 18–19

aging, 81

agnosia, 33, 83

alcohol, 201, 207

algorithm, 113

altered states of consciousness, 197, 200–202

Alzheimer’s disease, 81

ambiguous sentences, 165–166

amnesia, 82–83, 208

analogical reasoning, 118–119

analogue representations, 86, 87–89

anaphora, 166

anchoring and adjustment, 135

anesthesia, 201, 205

anxiety, 218–221

aphasia, 154–155, 172

applied cognitive psychology, 16

arousal, 222–223

articulatory loop, 66–67

articulatory suppression, 66

artificial grammar learning, 206

artificial intelligence, 14–15, 109, 210

associative network model, 219

Atkinson, 6, 64, 65, 74

atmosphere hypothesis, 123–124

attention, 41–58, 68–69

attention switching, 41

attentional bias, 220–221

attentional engagement theory, 45

attentional spotlight, see spotlight model

attenuation model, 42–43

attribution, 215

auditory attention, 41–43

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Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• Dedication
• Section A The nature of cognitive psychology
• Section B Perception
• Section C Attention
• Section D Memory
• Section E Mental representation
• Section F Problem solving
• Section G Reasoning and decision making
• Section H Language
• Section I Comprehension
• Section J Intelligence
• Section K Consciousness
• Section L Emotion and mood
• References
• Further reading
• Index