Cognition - Hardcover

Benjafield, John G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195422864 ISBN 13: 9780195422863

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This core text for undergraduate courses in Cognitive Psychology provides a rich historical context for current research, covering the breadth of the field in an engaging, straightforward, and easy-to-read style. Even difficult concepts are presented clearly. Navigating theoretical controversies without bias, Cognition, Third Edition, provides exceptional depth of analysis and a strong sense of the field's dynamism. Hundreds of updates and new references have been added to this edition, and full chapters on personal cognition and applied cognitive psychology provide details on research areas of special interest to students, such as autobiographical memory and successful learning strategies.

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From the Publisher

This text provides a definitive, clear perspective of the full range of cognitive psychology, offering balanced coverage of competing viewpoints. The second edition continues the melding of traditional and contemporary approaches to the theory and practice of cognitive psychology that characterized the first edition. This approach affords professors maximum flexibility in developing lecture material.

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Key Benefit: This book provides a definitive, clear perspective of the full range of cognitive psychology, offering balanced coverage of competing viewpoints. Key Topics: The Second Edition continues the melding of traditional and contemporary approaches to the theory and practice of cognitive psychology that characterized the first edition. This approach affords professors maximum flexibility in developing lecture material.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0195422864
• ISBN 13: 9780195422863
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 512