An Introduction to Applied Cognitive Psychology

David Groome, Michael Eysenck

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040353691
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Applied Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This bestselling textbook offers an accessible introduction to the application of cognitive psychology, looking at how the findings of cognitive psychologists have been put to use in real life.

Using real-world scenarios and engaging everyday examples, the book offers clear explanations of how cognitive psychology can be applied in the real world, as well as the different methods, theories and models of research employed. It explores all of the major areas of cognitive psychology, including attention, perception, memory, thinking and decision making, as well as some of the factors that affect cognitive processes, such as drugs and biological cycles. The third edition has been thoroughly updated to include new material on working memory training and prospective cognition.

Written by well-respected experts in the field, this textbook will appeal to all undergraduate students of cognitive psychology, as well as students of applied and forensic psychology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Thanks and acknowledgements
• About the contributors
• 1 Introduction to applied cognitive psychology
• 2 Visual perception and attention: Errors and accidents
• 3 Face identification
• 4 Auditory perception
• 5 Working memory and performance limitations
• 6 Memory improvement
• 7 Everyday memory
• 8 Witness interviewing and crime investigation
• 9 Decision making
• 10 The effects of drugs on cognition
• 11 Biological cycles and cognition
• 12 Emotion and cognition
• 13 Music and cognition
• 14 Sporting performance, pressure, errors and cognition: Attentional control theory: sport
• References
• Author Index
• Subject Index