Cognition
Author: Margaret W. Matlin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition: 6th edition
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: English
Paperback: 607 pages
ISBN-10: 0471450073
ISBN-13: 9780471450078
Book Description
This text’s success has come in large part from its up-to-date coverage of important research and theories and offers the latest and most comprehensive overview of cognition on the market today. Recent developments in perception, imagery, problem solving, and creativity are highlighted along with advances in such areas as memory and language and expanded theoretical approaches.
* Up-to-date, carefully revised coverage of topics
* Clear, engaging writing with numerous examples: Students do not need to struggle to understand overly complex descriptions
* Extensive, useful pedagogical devices
* Application of cognitive psychology to other disciplines: Many applications relate to careers that students may intend to pursue, such as education, communication, business, consumer psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, medicine, and law
* Margaret Matlin has a strong reputation for her research in cognitive psychology
From the Back Cover
Extensively updated with more than 700 new references, this Sixth Edition provides clear, balanced, and highly engaging coverage of the field, along with extensive pedagogical support and numerous applications to everyday life. You ll investigate interesting topics such as perceptual processes, working memory, long-term memory, mental imagery, general knowledge, language, problem solving, decision making, and cognitive development.
About the Author
Dr. Matlin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Canadian Psychological Association. She received the State University of New York Chancellors Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1977, the American Psychological Associations Teaching of Psychology Award for four-year institutions in 1985, the American Psychological Foundations Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award in 1995, and the Society for the Psychology of Womens Heritage Award for outstanding lifetime contributions to the teaching of the psychology of women in 2001.
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