Introduction: Scope of Cognitive Psychology Core Concepts The Brain Research Methods Overview of the Text Summary Key Terms; Perception: Visual Consciousness Pattern Recognition Modularity Summary Key Terms; Attention: Filter Theories Capacity Theories Automatic Processes Visual Attention Summary Key Terms; Memory Systems: Sensory Memory Short-Term Versus Long-Term Memory Working Memory Summary Key Terms; Remembering Events: Types of Long-Term Memory Encoding and Storing Events Retrieval Processes Summary Key Terms; Memory Distortions: Reconstructive Retrieval Encoding Distortions Source Monitoring Eyewitness Testimony Summary Key Terms; Knowledge Representation: Representing Concepts Propositions and Images Using Semantic Memory Summary Key Terms; Language: Defining Language Representations of Language Comprehension of Language Summary Key Terms; Problem Solving: Types of Thinking A General Model of Problem Solving Creativity Summary Key Terms; Reasoning and Decision Making: Syllogistic Reasoning Conditional Reasoning Decision Making Summary Key Terms

"This clear and concise text offers undergraduate students a brief but solid introduction to the fundamental concepts of cognitive psychology. Integrating the latest developments in cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, emotion, and cognitive development throughout the text, author Ronald T. Kellogg provides a view of what is happening at the leading edge of the field today."