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This course introduces the theories and research in the field of cognitive psychology. It covers conventional cognitive psychology knowledge pertaining to how the mind works. Topics include attention and perception, mental imagery, consciousness, information processing, learning and memory, representation of knowledge, concepts and reasoning, attention, and computational approaches to cognition.
This textbook describes some of the preliminary answers to questions asked by researchers in the main areas of cognitive psychology, including the origins of cognitive psychology and research methods, cognitive neuroscience, visual perceptions, attention and consciousness, memory, the organization of knowledge in the mind, language and language in context, problem solving and creativity, decision making and reasoning. The book contains an overriding theme that unifies all the diverse topics - Human cognition has evolved over time as a means of adapting to our environment, and, through such an ability called intelligence, humans cope in an integrated and adaptive way with the many challenges with which the environment presents to humans.
