Cognitive Psychology category: 3003 books
Anomia
Theoretical and Clinical Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Naming is a fundamental aspect of language. Word-finding deficit, anomia, is the most common symptom of language dysfunction occurring after brain damage. Besides its practical importance, anomia gives a fascinating view on the inner workings of language in the brain. There has been significant progress...
Strategy Representation
An Analysis of Planning Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2004
Strategy Representation: An Analysis of Planning Knowledge describes an innovative methodology for investigating the conceptual structures that underlie human reasoning. This work explores the nature of planning strategies--the abstract patterns of planning behavior that people recognize across a...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
Educational environments interact with children's unique genetic profiles, leading to wide individual differences in learning ability, motivation, and achievement in different academic subjects – even when children study with the same teacher, attend the same school and follow the same curriculum....
Chaotic Cognition Pr
Chaotic Cognition Pr
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Focusing on the principles and applications of chaotic thinking, this text seeks to promote a more general understanding and acceptance of this cognitive style. It may help people deal more effectively with chaotic situations, such as economic crises, career changes, and relationship skills.
Bodies and Other Objects
The Sensorimotor Foundations of Cognition
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Bodies and Other Objects is written for students, scholars and anyone with an interest in embodied cognition - the claim that the human mind cannot be understood without regard for the actions and capacities of the body. The impulse to write this book was a dissatisfaction with the inconsistent, and...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Research relevant to the topic of distinctiveness and memory dates back over 100 years and boasts a literature of well over 2,000 published articles. Throughout this history, numerous theories of distinctiveness and memory have been offered and subsequently refined. There has, however, never been...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
This book is an important account of the state of the art of both theoretical and practical issues in the present-day research on conceptual change. Unique in its complete treatment of the questions that should be considered to further current understanding of knowledge construction and change, this...
Human Learned Helplessness
A Coping Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Summarizing 25 years of research, the author integrates virtually the entire published literature on the phenomenon of learned helplessness, as well as some unpublished data, into a single coherent theoretical framework. Dr. Mikulincer accounts for the complex nature of the phenomenon by focusing...
Rational Choice in an Uncertain World
The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2009
"*The authors are highly respected as leading figures in the field of judgment and decision making. There are many existing books on topics related to judgment and decision making, but this book makes a unique contribution to this field because of its systematic and scholarly approach, and its...
by Michael Kubovy
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
It takes little or no effort for us to gather information by means of our senses but it would be a mistake to take this as a sign that perception is simple. It was in the 20th century and after the establishment of psychology as a scientific discipline that the study of perception flourished. This...
Emotion
A Biosocial Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Emotions suffuse our lives: a symphony of feeling - usually whispering and murmuring in pianissimo but occasionally screaming and shouting in fortissimo crescendo - filling every waking moment and even invading our dreams. We can always be conscious of how happy, sad, annoyed, or anxious we feel,...
Face Recognition
The Effects of Race, Gender, Age and Species
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Although most people are good at face recognition, we are particularly good at recognizing the faces of individuals who share our race, gender, age and species. What factors might account for this type of bias in face recognition? This collection considers the issue of how our identity influences...
Mindfulness and Acceptance for Treating Eating Disorders and Weight Concerns
Evidence-Based Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Disordered eating, negative body image, and problems with weight have become an epidemic—and research shows that traditional treatments are not always effective. This professional resource offers proven-effective interventions using mindfulness and acceptance for treating clients with disordered...
Behavioral Approaches for Children and Adolescents
Challenges for the Next Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2013
Challenges for the next decade as the subtitle ofa book is a statement ofambition. In the present time we have to be ambitious as scientists, clinicians, and teachers. Without ambition we would not be able to confront the problems of young people in an effective way. In this decade, we can see an...