Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory

Sixth Edition

Kathleen M. Galotti - Carleton College, Minnesota

August 2017 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory presents balanced, up-to-date coverage of cognitive psychology and shows readers that research conducted in the lab truly does impact the real world. Using her signature, accessible writing style, author Kathleen M. Galotti masterfully connects cognitive psychology to students' everyday lives through current, relevant examples. The Sixth Edition has been updated to reflect the rapidly changing field of cognitive psychology with new references, streamlined content that gives more attention to key topics like memory, and material on advances in research that enhance our understanding of how people acquire and use information.

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Preface

About the Author

CHAPTER 1 • COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: History, Methods, and Paradigms

Setting the Stage

Influences 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

Glossary

References

Author Index

Subject Index

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Chapter-opening Setting the Stage sections introduce chapter concepts with real-world examples and anecdotes to spark reader interest.
Updated research and coverage of cutting-edge topics including bilingualism, embodied cognition, brain training, and mindfulness meditation.
Separation of the old long-term memory chapter into two chapters: one on experimental work and one on narrative memory, covering autobiographical memory, flashbulb memory, and recovered vs. false memories.
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A full-color design visually enhances illustrations and photos throughout the text.
Chapters emphasize the latest developments in perception, attention, and memory.
Chapters dedicated to key topics including cognitive development through adolescence; individual, aging, and gender differences; and cognition in cross-cultural perspective.
Integration of relevant work from cognitive neuroscience throughout the text provides a more complete understanding of cognitive psychology.

Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology: History, Methods, and Paradigms

Chapter 7: The Reconstructive Nature of Memory

Chapter 14: Individual Differences in Cognition

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