Cognition brings new, modern vitality to course materials by presenting exciting findings from cognitive psychology in a way that students can easily grasp.

Highlighting everyday-life applications, Cognition motivates us to share in the excitement of cognitive psychology through highly relevant examples, discussions and demonstrations. Its engaging prose and pedagogical features, such as "Think for Yourself" and "See for Yourself," will immerse you in the process of scientific discovery.

This comprehensive text presents both classic and contemporary research, emphasizing conceptual understanding and lifelong discovery. The authors integrate exciting new topic areas such as emotion and highlight essential connections to social, clinical, and developmental psychology. A robust multimedia package extends discovery through high-quality demonstrations (Discovery Labs), videos, and quizzing tools to encourage success. Cognition and its accompanying resources, including the test bank, can be integrated directly into instructors' learning management systems to save time and simplify access.

KEY FEATURES

• Discovery Labs offer a wide variety of interactive experiments, exercises, and animations designed to helps us understand important concepts and principles.
• 'See for Yourself' demonstrations describe an activity or mental trick students can easily do themselves to see cognition in action.
• 'Think for Yourself' boxes provide an in-depth look at interesting subjects relevant to the chapter content.
• 'Research Focus' boxes highlight cutting-edge research studies, explaining methodology and results.
• Checkpoint questions at the end of each major section help in testing your understanding as you progress through a chapter.

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Chapter 1: What Is Cognitive Psychology?
Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience
Chapter 3: Perception and Mental Imagery
Chapter 4: External Attention
Chapter 5: Cognitive Control and Working Memory
Chapter 6: Everyday Memory
Chapter 7: Memory Systems
Chapter 8: Language and Communication
Chapter 9: Judgment and Decision Making
Chapter 10: Reasoning and Problem Solving
Chapter 11: Knowledge, Intelligence, and Cognitive Development
Chapter 12: Social Cognition

Marvin M. Chun is the Richard M. Colgate Professor of Psychology at Yale University, with secondary appointments in the Cognitive Science Program and the Yale School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience.

Steven B. Most is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia (UNSW Sydney), with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware.

"This textbook has a fresh feel to it with respect to the selection of topics, scholarly quality, and presentation style. The writing is clear, engaging, and at appropriate level of complexity for an introductory text. The chapters are informative and fun to read." Shahram Ghiasinejad, University of Central Florida

"The text is very well organized and covers the relevant material in a compelling manner. The language chapter, which in most cognitive psychology texts does not present a full picture of psycholinguistics, is particularly comprehensive and tells an interesting story." Louisa Slowiaczek, Bowdoin College

"The book is very accessible and presents a refreshed view of cognitive psychology. The integration of real world examples is specific strength that makes this book stand out." Arturo Hernandez, University of Houston

"This text is accessible, yet comprehensive and challenging. The concepts are organized well, and explanations strike a balance that is not overly simplified nor excessively detailed." Brandi Emerick, Indiana University

"This textbook is well organized and well written. It has a good combination of classic, groundbreaking, and recent research. Students will find the textbook easy to comprehend and a pleasure to read." Robert Hines, University of Arkansas at Little Rock