Cognitive Psychology Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience 4th Edition[iGB][PDF]

Product Details:
Book Title:Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research and Everyday Experience
Book Author: E. Bruce Goldstein
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Cengage Learning; 4 edition (June 4, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1285763882
ISBN-13: 978-1285763880

Book Description:
Bruce Goldstein's COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY: CONNECTING MIND, RESEARCH, AND EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE connects the study of cognition to your everyday life. A wealth of concrete examples and illustrations help you understand the theories of cognition-driving home both the scientific importance of the theories and their relevance to your daily life. This accessible book introduces you to landmark studies and cutting-edge research that define this fascinating field. To help you further experiment with and understand the concepts in the text, you can use COGLAB: THE ONLINE COGNITION LAB. Available at www.CengageBrain.com, COGLAB contains dozens of classic experiments designed to help you learn about cognitive concepts and how the mind works.

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About the Author
BRUCE GOLDSTEIN is Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh and Adjunct Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona. He has received the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Pittsburgh for his classroom teaching and textbook writing. He received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Tufts University and his PhD in experimental psychology from Brown University; he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Biology Department at Harvard University before joining the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Bruce has published papers on a wide variety of topics, including retinal and cortical physiology, visual attention, and the perception of pictures. He is the author of SENSATION AND PERCEPTION, 9th Edition (Cengage, 2014), and the editor of the BLACKWELL HANDBOOK OF PERCEPTION (Blackwell, 2001) and the two-volume SAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PERCEPTION (Sage, 2010).