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Bruce Goldstein's COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY connects the study of cognition to your everyday life. This accessible book introduces you to landmark studies as well as the cutting-edge research that defines this fascinating field. To help you further experiment with and understand the concepts in the text, you can use COGLAB 2.0: THE ONLINE COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY LABORATORY. Available at www.thomsonedu.com, COGLAB contains dozens of classic experiments designed to help you learn about cognitive concepts and how the mind works.
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This undergraduate text/manual/web site package offers numerous real-life examples, case studies, mini-experiments, and activities, to help students appreciate the connections between empirical research, principles of cognitive psychology, and everyday life. For this second edition, Goldstein (cognitive psychology, University of Pittsburgh) adds new chapter review sections, critical thinking questions, boxes on topics of interest, and methods sections integrated into the text, describing the various methods used in the field. The accompanying lab manual provides background information, instructions, and questions for classic and current experiments presented on the accompanying web site. The new edition of the accompanying web site features a global database with data from students around the world, between-subject designs that allow for new kinds of experiments, trial-by-trial data, and standard deviations. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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