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Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory
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Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory

Sixth Edition
August 2017 | 520 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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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. 



 
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
Key features

 NEW TO THIS EDITION: 

  • 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.

KEY FEATURES:

  • 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.



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