Cognitive Psychology: Theory, Process, and Methodology

Product Description Cognitive Psychology: Theory, Process, and Methodology introduces students to the main topics of study in this exciting field through an engaging presentation of how cognitive processes have been and continue to be studied by researchers. Using a student-friendly writing style and focusing on methodology, authors Dawn M. McBride, J. Cooper Cutting, and Corinne Zimmerman cover such core content as perception, attention, memory, language, reasoning and problem solving, and cognitive neuroscience. Updates to the Third Edition include a reorganization of core chapters, new research and citations, a new chapter 14 on cognitive development, and a fully executed plan to include more diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout. About the Author Dawn M. McBride (PhD, cognitive psychology, University of California, Irvine) is a professor of psychology at Illinois State University. Her research interests include automatic forms of memory, false memory, prospective memory, task order choices, and forgetting. She has taught courses in introductory psychology, statistics, research methods, cognition and learning, human memory, and a graduate course in experimental design. She is a recipient of the Illinois State University Teaching Initiative Award and the Illinois State University SPA/Psi Chi Jim Johnson Award for commitment to undergraduate mentorship, involvement, and achievement. Her non-academic interests include spending time with her family, traveling, watching Philadelphia (her place of birth) sports teams, learning new languages (currently Japanese) and reading British murder mysteries.J. Cooper Cutting (PhD, cognitive psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) is associate professor of psychology at Illinois State University. Dr. Cutting’s research interests are in psycholinguistics, primarily, with a focus on the production of language. A central theme of his research is how different types of information interact during language use. He has examined this issue in the context of lexical access, within-sentence agreement processes, figurative language production, and pragmatics. He has taught courses in research methods, statistics, cognitive psychology, computer applications in psychology, human memory, psycholinguistics, and sensation and perception. He is also a recipient of the Illinois State University SPA/Psi Chi Jim Johnson Award for commitment to undergraduate mentorship, involvement, and achievement. His non-academic interests include gardening and reading science fiction and fantasy novels.Corinne Zimmerman (PhD, cognitive development, University of Alberta) is a professor of psychology at Illinois State University. Her research interests include the development of scientific reasoning, reasoning about scientific concepts, scientific literacy, and the psychology of pseudoscientific beliefs. She teaches courses in educational psychology, developmental psychology, and cultural psychology. Her non-academic interests include knitting, crocheting, watercolor painting, digital art, baking, and cooking things “from scratch.”