PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsChapter 1. Introduction to Cognitive PsychologyIntroduction: Cognition and ShoppingWhat Is Cognitive PsychologyResearch in Cognitive PsychologyThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 2. Cognitive NeuroscienceIntroduction: Knowledge From Cognitive DeficitsClinical Case Studies in Cognitive NeuroscienceStructure of the Nervous SystemMeasures in Cognitive NeuroscienceCan All Mental Processes Be Explained in Terms of Brain Activity?Thinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 3. PerceptionIntroduction: Perception in Everyday TasksSensory Systems: How Sensations Become PerceptionsApproaches to the Study of PerceptionComparison of Approaches to Perception: Motion PerceptionThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 4. AttentionIntroduction: How We Pay AttentionViews of AttentionHow Attention Affects Our PerceptionsAutomatic and Controlled Processing: A Cognitive DichotomyThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 5. Memory Structures and ProcessesIntroduction: The Pervasiveness of MemoryMemory as Structure or ProcessSensory MemoryShort-Term Memory (STM)Long-Term Memory (LTM)The Working-Memory (WM) SystemMemory OverviewThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 6. Long-Term Memory: Influences on RetrievalIntroduction: Superior MemoryRetrieval From Long-Term MemoryWhy We ForgetEncoding EffectsRetrieval EffectsEncoding-Retrieval InteractionsMnemonicsSuperior Autobiographical MemoryThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 7. Memory ErrorsIntroduction: The Inaccuracy of MemoryThe Seven "Sins" of MemoryThe Reconstructive Nature of MemoryMemory Errors in the LaboratoryClinical Memory Failures--AmnesiaThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 8.

ImageryIntroduction: Visual Imagery in Everyday LifeMental Images and CognitionThe Debate on Propositional and Spatial RepresentationsImagery and MemoryImagery in Problem Solving and WayfindingNonvisual ImageryThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 9. LanguageIntroduction: A Simple ConversationWhat Is Language?How Do We Process Language?Acquiring LanguageHuman Language and Animal CommunicationThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 10. Concepts and KnowledgeIntroduction: Game NightWhat Are Concepts?Organizing Our ConceptsUsing Concepts: Beyond CategorizationThe Future of Research and Theory of ConceptsThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 11. Problem SolvingIntroduction: Problem Solving in Daily LifeRecognizing and Identifying a ProblemDefining and Representing ProblemsDeveloping Solutions to Problems: Approaches and StrategiesAllocating Mental Resources for Solving the ProblemExpertiseThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersChapter 12. Reasoning and Decision MakingIntroduction: A Night at the MoviesDeductive ReasoningInductive ReasoningMaking DecisionsFuture Advances in Theories of Reasoning and Decision MakingThinking About ResearchChapter ReviewChapter QuizKey TermsStop and Think AnswersGlossaryReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index.