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SAGE PUBLISHING Cognitive Psychology by Brown
Cognitive Psychology provides student readers with essential help with all aspects of their first course in cognitive psychology, including advice on revising for exams, preparing and writing course assessment materials, and enhancing and progressing their knowledge and skills in line with course requirements on a cognitive psychology course._x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_The Companion is designed to augment, rather than replace, existing textbooks for the course, providing: _x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D__x000D_- Helpful summaries of the course curriculum to aid lecture notes, seminars and written assignments _x000D__x000D__x000D_- Key summaries of the approach taken by the main cognitive psychology textbooks _x000D__x000D__x000D_- Guidance on the essential study skills required _x000D__x000D__x000D_- Help with developing critical thinking _x000D__x000D__x000D_- Route-maps to aid the development of wider learning above and beyond textbooks _x000D__x000D__x000D_- Pointers to success in course exams _x000D__x000D__x000D_- A tutor's-eye view of what course examiners are looking for _x000D__x000D__x000D_- An insider's view of what key course concepts are really all about_x000D_ _x000D_
PART ONE: THE BASICS OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY_x000D_
Definition_x000D_
Cognitive Psychology and Related Disciplines/Theories_x000D_
History of Cognitive Psychology_x000D_
Founding Figures and Their Core Ideas_x000D_
Thinking like a Cognitive Psychologist_x000D_
Learning Outcomes and Assessment_x000D_
Running Themes_x000D_
PART TWO: COURSE COMPANION TO THE CURRICULUM_x000D_
Visual Processing/Perception_x000D_
Object Recognition_x000D_
Speech/Word Recognition_x000D_
Attention_x000D_
Introduction to Memory, the Mulitstore Model, Encoding and Retrieval_x000D_
Working Memory Model_x000D_
Episodic and Semantic Memory_x000D_
Learning and Memory_x000D_
Speech Perception and Reading_x000D_
Language Comprehension_x000D_
Language (Speech) Production_x000D_
Problem-Solving_x000D_
Judgements and Decision Making_x000D_
Reasoning and Deduction_x000D_
PART THREE: STUDY AND REVISION SKILLS - In Collaboration with David McIlroy_x000D_
Introduction_x000D_
How to Get the most out of Your Lectures_x000D_
How to Make the Most of Seminars_x000D_
Essay Writing Tips_x000D_
Revision Hints and Tips_x000D_
Exam Tips_x000D_
Tips on Interpreting Essay and Exam Questions_x000D_
Summary_x000D_