Précis of thoughts on thought / Earl Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Earl B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognition.

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

xi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Other Title:

Thoughts on thought

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

System Details:

System requirements: Micrsoft Word or similar word processor program.

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Summary:

This is an introduction to cognitive science intended for use as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and/or graduate-level courses. In it, the author presents the major experiments and theoretical arguments in cognitive psychology in some detail. Where appropriate, alternative theoretical arguments are offered, and in some cases the author explains that there are interesting questions to which psychologists do not yet have the answers. This book is packaged in an innovative manner. The 170-page printed textbook is actually a precis of a much longer manuscript, which is produced in the form of a CD-ROM bound into the back of the book. Each chapter of the precis references the more detailed coverage and full-color illustrations which are contained on the CD-ROM, which is provided for readers who wish to delve more deeply into the material.

Contents:

2 The Construction of Consciousness 9

3 Blackboard Models of Thought 25

4 Connectionism 35

5 Memory 51

6 Visual-Spatial Representations 75

7 Language and Thought 97

8 The Organization of Knowledge 107

9 Categorical Reasoning Based on Conscious Strategies 127

10 Reasoning 137

11 Decision Making: Psychological Models of Choice 147

12 Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? 157.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Cover title and title of CD-ROM: Thoughts on thought.

ISBN:

0805802657

OCLC:

46769522