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Cognitive Psychology: An Overview for Cognitive Scientists (Tutorial Essays in Cognitive Science Series) - Softcover

Barsalou, Lawrence W. W.

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9780898599664: Cognitive Psychology: An Overview for Cognitive Scientists (Tutorial Essays in Cognitive Science Series)
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ISBN 10: 0898599660 ISBN 13: 9780898599664
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1992

Synopsis

This text presents the basic concepts of modern cognitive psychology in a succinct and accessible manner. Empirical results, theoretical developments, and current issues are woven around basic concepts to produce coherent accounts of research areas. Barsalou's primary goal is to equip readers with a conceptual vocabulary that acquaints them with the general approach of cognitive psychology and allows them to follow more technical discussions elsewhere. In meeting this goal, he discusses the traditional work central to modern thinking and reviews current work relevant to cognitive science.

Besides focusing on research and theory in cognitive psychology, Barsalou also addresses its fundamental assumptions. Because the cognitive approach to psychology is somewhat subtle, often misunderstood, and sometimes controversial, it is essential for a text on cognitive psychology to address the assumptions that underlie it. Therefore, three of the eleven chapters address the "meta- assumptions" that govern research and theory in cognitive psychology. These meta-chapters provide a deeper understanding of the content areas and a clearer vision of what cognitive psychologists are trying to accomplish. The remaining eight "content" chapters cover the central topics in cognitive psychology.

This book will be of value to a variety of audiences. Ideal for researchers in computer science, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, and neuroscience who wish to acquaint themselves with cognitive psychology, it may also be used as a text for courses in cognitive science and cognitive psychology. Lay readers who wish to learn about the cognitive approach to scientific psychology will also find the volume useful.

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Lawrence W. Barsalou

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Publisher
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0898599660
ISBN 13 
9780898599664
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
424
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