Introduction: Approaches to cognitive psychology
PartI: Intro to perception and attention
According to the contents list, this chapter is on visual illusions, but has not yet been sent in
Depth perception : how far away is that object?
Subliminal perception : perception without awareness?
Object perception : what is this I see before me?
Face recognition : what's in a face?
Visual imagery : seeing with the mind's eye
Change blindness : in sight but out of mind
Focused visual attention : what do we attend to in vision?
Multi-tasking (same title on chapter document)
Part II: Intro to learning and memory
Structure of memory : the long and short of human memory
Working memory : short-term or working memory
Implicit memory : learning without awareness?
Forgetting : it's slipped my mind
Autobiographical memory : the story of my life
Eyewitness testimony : should we believe eyewitnesses?
Part III: Intro to language (currently outstanding)
Read all about it! (same title on chapter document)
What are you saying? (same title on chapter document)
Understanding language : what does this mean?
Talking the talk (same name on chapter document)
Concepts : what's in a concept?
Part IV: Intro to thinking and reasoning
Judgement : how accurate are our judgements?
Decision making : what am I going to do?
Problem solving : finding the solution
Expertise : how do you become an expert?
Reasoning (same title as on chapter document)
Part V: Intro to braoder issues
Cognition and emotion
Consciousness.
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Fundamentals of cognition by Michael W. Eysenck. ISBN 9781841693743. Published by Psychology in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
