Cognitive Psychology Research Developments

Description:
This book presents the latest research in cognitive psychology which is a school of thought in psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. The school of thought arising from this approach is known as cognitivism. Cognitive psychologists are interested in how people understand, diagnose, and solve problems, concerning themselves with the mental processes which mediate between stimulus and response. Cognitive theory contends that solutions to problems take the form of algorithms - rules that are not necessarily understood but promise a solution, or heuristics - rules that are understood but that do not always guarantee solutions. In other instances, solutions may be found through insight, a sudden awareness of relationships.

Table of Contents:
Preface; Limits to General Expertise: A Study of In- and Out-of-Field Graph Interpretation; Conceptual Combination: Models, Theories, and Controversies; A Test of the Cognitive Theory of Obsessions: Study of Internal Structure and Validity of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire in Italian Individuals; Haptic Abilities in Infancy and Their Relation to the Vision: A Review; Emotional Modulation of Selective Attention: Experimental Evidence in Specific Phobia; The Moderating Effect of Switching Costs in Consumers Relationship Dissolution: A Cross-Cultural Analysis; Tripartite Concepts of Mind and Brain, with Special Emphasis on the Neuroevolutionary Postulates of Christifried Jakob and Paul Maclean; Category-specific Semantics in Alzheimer's Dementia and Normal Aging?; Preverbal Category Formation -- The Role of Real-World Experience; Peripheral Responses Elicited by Motor Imagery: A Window on Central and Peripheral Nervous System Relationships Through Motor Commands Inhibition; The Cognitive Effects of Anxiety on Sexual Arousal; Index.