Test Bank for Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory 6th Edition By Kathleen Galotti

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Test Bank for Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory 6th Edition By Kathleen Galotti CHAPTER 1 • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: History, Methods, and Paradigms Setting the Stage Influence... s on the Study of Cognition Research Methods in Cognitive Psychology Paradigms of Cognitive Psychology CHAPTER 2 • THE BRAIN: An Overview of Structure and Function Setting the Stage Structure of the Brain Localization of Function Lateralization of Function Brain-Imaging Techniques Other Brain-Recording Techniques Training the Brain CHAPTER 3 • PERCEPTION: Recognizing Patterns and Objects Setting the Stage Gestalt Approaches to Perception Bottom-Up Processes Top-Down Processes Face Perception Direct Perception Disruptions of Perception: Visual Agnosias CHAPTER 4 • ATTENTION: Deploying Cognitive Resources Setting the Stage Selective Attention Divided Attention Automaticity and the Effects of Practice Controlling Attention Neural Underpinnings of Attention Divided Attention Outside the Laboratory: Cell Phone Use While Driving CHAPTER 5 • WORKING MEMORY: Forming and Using New Memory Traces Setting the Stage Traditional Approaches to the Study of Memory Working Memory Executive Functioning Neurological Studies of Memory Processes CHAPTER 6 • RETRIEVING MEMORIES FROM LONG-TERM STORAGE Setting the Stage Aspects of Long-Term Memory Subdivisions of Long-Term Memory The Levels-of-Processing View Amnesia CHAPTER 7 • THE RECONSTRUCTIVE NATURE OF MEMORY Setting the Stage Narrative Memory Autobiographical Memory The Recovered/False Memory Debate Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation CHAPTER 8 • KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: Storing and Organizing Information in Long-Term Memory Setting the Stage Organizing Knowledge Forming Concepts and Categorizing New Instances CHAPTER 9 • VISUAL IMAGERY AND SPATIAL COGNITION Setting the Stage Codes in Long-Term Memory Empirical Investigations of Imagery The Nature of Mental Imagery Neuropsychological Findings Spatial Cognition CHAPTER 10 • LANGUAGE Setting the Stage Defining Language The Structure of Language Language Comprehension and Production Language and Cognition Neuropsychological Views and Evidence Bilingualism CHAPTER 11 • THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING Setting the Stage Defining Terms Classic Problems and General Methods of Solution Blocks to Problem Solving The Problem Space Hypothesis Expert Systems Finding Creative Solutions Critical Thinking CHAPTER 12 • REASONING AND DECISION MAKING Setting the Stage Reasoning Decision Making Cognitive Illusions in Decision Making Utility Models of Decision Making Descriptive Models of Decision Making Neuropsychological Evidence on Reasoning and Decision Making CHAPTER 13 • COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ADOLESCENCE Setting the Stage Stage and Nonstage Theories of Cognitive Development Piagetian Theory Non-Piagetian Approaches to Cognitive Development Some Post-Piagetian Answers to the Question “What Develops?” CHAPTER 14 • INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN COGNITION Setting the Stage Individual Differences in Cognition Gender Differences in Cognition CHAPTER 15 • COGNITION IN CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Setting the Stage Defining “Culture” Examples of Studies of Cross-Cultural Cognition Effects of Schooling and Literacy Situated Cognition in Everyday Settings [Show More]

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