Cognitive Psychology

Theory, Process, and Methodology

NEW TO THIS EDITION: 

• The Fourth Edition is fully updated to reflect cognitive psychology today with new examples and research citations throughout the text. 
• Chapter 1 includes a new section on Theory, Process, and Methodology to set up the themes of the text, as well as a new section emphasizing the importance of representative subject populations in the field. 
• New studies on forgetting as well as highly superior autobiographical memory have been added to Chapter 6. 
• Chapter 8 is newly reorganized to focus on key concepts in language and incorporate new sections on Sign Languages and Language in Technology Use.
• Chapter 10 is reorganized to include added discussion of aphantasia and hyperphantasia, as well as nonvisual imagery. 
• Chapter 13 features a new section on AI-assisted decision making and updated neuroscience research on this topic.
• Coverage of cognitive development is expanded with new concepts in Chapter 14. 
  
• The new edition is available as a digital option through Sage Vantage, an intuitive digital platform that offers auto-graded assignments and interactive multimedia tools—including video—all designed to enable students to better prepare for class.

• The Sage Vantage platform features an interactive eBook filled with auto-graded assessments, lab exercises, and demonstrations to help students understand and remember the core material. 
• Chapter opening real-world situational vignettes engage students in the topics through connections to everyday situations they might encounter.
• Connections between the different topics within chapters show students the large overlap between the mental processes in cognitive psychology.
• A focus on the methods used to study each topic aids students in understanding the science behind the methodology.
• Each chapter is written to stand alone, allowing for maximum flexibility in designing your course and arranging the sequence of topics. 
• “Thinking About Research” is a signature feature located at the end of every chapter. Each one pairs a detailed summary of a published study with critical thinking questions designed to develop and test students' ability to understand and reason about published research.
• “Stop and Think” sections prompt students to assess their understanding of the material they just read and connect it to their own lives.