This highly readable book offers comprehensive coverage of classic cognitive psychology and uptotheminute coverage of controversies in the field in an interesting, lively manner that assumes no prior knowledge of cognitive psychology. The Approach of Cognitive Psychology. Visual Perception. Attention. Sensory Memory and Primary Memory. Memory Encoding, Retrieval, and Storage. Visual Imagery. Motor Control. Decision Making and Deductive Reasoning. Problem Solving. Language. For anyone interested in introductory cognitive psychology.

Cognition: The Thinking Animal

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Willingham, Daniel B.

Willingham, Daniel T.

Psychology & Counseling

PRENTICE/HALL

Curr Dir & How Thk Psychlg

Association for Psychological Science

Spellman, Barbara A.

Pearson College Div

This new and exciting Association for Psychological Science reader, edited by Barbara A. Spellman and Daniel T. Willingham, both of University of Virginia, includes over 20 articles that have been carefully selected for the undergraduate audience, and taken from the very accessible Current Directions in Psychological Science journal. These timely, cutting-edge articles allow instructors to bring their students real-world perspective—from a reliable source—about today's most current and pressing issues in cognitive science.

Current Directions in Cognitive Science

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Allyn&Bacon

MySearchLab provides students with a complete understanding of the research process so they can complete research projects confidently and efficiently. Students and instructors with an internet connection can visit www.MySearchLab.com and receive immediate access to thousands of full articles from the EBSCO ContentSelect database. In addition, MySearchLab offers extensive content on the research process itself—including tips on how to navigate and maximize time in the campus library, a step-by-step guide on writing a research paper, and instructions on how to finish an academic assignment with endnotes and bibliography.      This unique book helps readers understand why cognitive psychologists approach problems as they do. It explains the questions cognitive psychologists ask, gives clear answers, and provides interesting, lively and comprehensive coverage of controversies in the field.  This book is a study of cognition: of how humans think. Topics covered include visual perception, attention, sensory and primary memory, memory encoding, memory retrieval, memory storage, motor control, visual imagery, decision making and deductive reasoning, problem solving, and language.  For readers that are interested in understanding the mysteries of cognition, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychoanalysts, and those in the field of cognitive neuroscience.

Cognition: The Thinking Animal- (Value Pack w/MySearchLab) (3rd Edition)

Pearson

Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. <ul>
<li>Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications for the classroom</li> <li>Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence is malleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" without facts</li> <li>How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachers hone their teaching skills</li> </ul>
"Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside the classroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents -anyone who cares about how we learn-should find his book valuable reading." —Wall Street Journal

Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

Easy-to-apply, scientifically-based approaches for engaging students in the classroom Cognitive scientist Dan Willingham focuses his acclaimed research on the biological and cognitive basis of learning. His book will help teachers improve their practice by explaining how they and their students think and learn. It reveals-the importance of story, emotion, memory, context, and routine in building knowledge and creating lasting learning experiences. <ul>
<li>Nine, easy-to-understand principles with clear applications for the classroom</li> <li>Includes surprising findings, such as that intelligence is malleable, and that you cannot develop "thinking skills" without facts</li> <li>How an understanding of the brain's workings can help teachers hone their teaching skills</li> </ul>
"Mr. Willingham's answers apply just as well outside the classroom. Corporate trainers, marketers and, not least, parents -anyone who cares about how we learn-should find his book valuable reading." ―Wall Street Journal

Why Don't Students Like School?

Reference

Jossey-Bass

Science & Math

Riener, Cedar

Behavioral Sciences

Cambridge University Press

Fully revised and updated for the fifth edition, Cognition offers an approachable yet deep introduction to the science of the mind. Avoiding the pitfall of a grab bag of phenomena, Willingham and Riener survey key mental processes such as memory, language, and problem-solving and connect them to experimental process. This new edition has been fully revised and updated with new references, figures, and experiments, with particular attention to the intersection of cognition and culture. Written in a down-to-earth narrative prose that avoids jargon, addresses the reader directly, and cracks a few jokes, Cognition offers an accessible introduction that is ideal for students of all levels.

By describing experiments that control, manipulate and measure mental processes, this book shows how we can discover the answers to key questions about the mind, such as: 'Can we focus attention on more than one thing?' and 'Is language unique to humans?' Written in a down-to-earth narrative prose that avoids jargon, addresses the reader directly and draws on the authors' unique style ('suppose Willingham split his pants at a junior high dance ...'), this text takes complex experiments in cognitive psychology and describes them for undergraduate students. Willingham has a record of excellence in translating cognitive psychology research for K-12 teachers with his bestselling Why Don't Students Like School? and other popular books. This book applies the clear and approachable prose style towards building foundational knowledge in cognitive psychology for undergraduates.

Clear, easy principles to spot what's nonsense and what's reliable Each year, teachers, administrators, and parents face a barrage of new education software, games, workbooks, and professional development programs purporting to be "based on the latest research." While some of these products are rooted in solid science, the research behind many others is grossly exaggerated. This new book, written by a top thought leader, helps everyday teachers, administrators, and family members―who don't have years of statistics courses under their belts―separate the wheat from the chaff and determine which new educational approaches are scientifically supported and worth adopting. <ul>
<li>Author's first book, Why Don't Students Like School?, catapulted him to superstar status in the field of education</li> <li>Willingham's work has been hailed as "brilliant analysis" by The Wall Street Journal and "a triumph" by The Washington Post
</li> <li>Author blogs for The Washington Post and Brittanica.com, and writes a column for American Educator
</li> </ul>
In this insightful book, thought leader and bestselling author Dan Willingham offers an easy, reliable way to discern which programs are scientifically supported and which are the equivalent of "educational snake oil."

When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education

Mathematics

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Cognition: The Thinking Animal

Curr Dir & How Thk Psychlg

Current Directions in Cognitive Science

Cognition: The Thinking Animal- (Value Pack w/MySearchLab) (3rd Edition)

Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Why Don't Students Like School?

Cognition: The Thinking Animal

Cognition: The Thinking Animal

Cognition: The Thinking Animal

When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education