Cognitive methods and their application to clinical research / edited by Amy Wenzel, David C. Rubin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wenzel, Amy.

Rubin, David C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clinical psychology--Methodology.

Clinical psychology.

Cognition.

Psychology, Clinical--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Clinical--methods.

Cognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

APA PsycBOOKS.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2005]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

"The past 20 years have witnessed an explosion of research examining cognitive biases in individuals with a variety of clinical diagnoses. Clinical psychologists who conduct research in this area often adapt standard laboratory cognitive tasks to investigate cognitive correlates of psychopathology. Conversely, cognitive psychologists are increasingly more prone to use their standard laboratory tasks with clinical populations to extend their theories in clinically relevant directions and to subject their theories to tests not possible in other populations. However, clinical psychologists often have little background in cognitive psychology, and cognitive psychologists often have little training in conducting research with special populations. This volume discusses the popularly used cognitive tasks in applied research, including the Stroop, Selective Attention, Implicit Memory, Directed Forgetting, and Autobiographical Memory tasks. For each, the contributors provide the background necessary for readers to ground themselves in the basics and be directed to more detailed information that they might need. The result is an ambitious text that will assist researchers from different backgrounds in finding important task-related data. Clinical or experimental graduate students and researchers will find this book to be an up-to-date resource on conducting rigorous research"--Cover. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)

Contents:

Introduction: Applying Cognitive Methods With Clinical Populations / Amy Wenzel, David C. Rubin 3

I The Stroop Task 11

Chapter 1 The Stroop Task: Indirectly Measuring Concept Activation / Colin MacLeod, Colin MacLeod 13

Chapter 2 The Stroop Task in Cognitive Research / Colin M. MacLeod 17

Chapter 3 The Stroop Task in Clinical Research / Colin MacLeod 41

II Selective Attention Tasks 63

Chapter 4 Selective Attention Tasks in Clinical and Cognitive Research / Jenny Yiend, Andrew Mathews, Nelson Cowan 65

Chapter 5 Selective Attention Tasks in Cognitive Research / Nelson Cowan 73

Chapter 6 Selective Attention Tasks in Clinical Research / Jenny Yiend, Andrew Mathews 97

III Implicit Memory Tasks 119

Chapter 7 Implicit Memory Tasks: Retention Without Conscious Recollection / Henry L. Roediger III, Nader Amir 121

Chapter 8 Implicit Memory Tasks in Cognitive Research / Henry L. Roediger III, Lisa Geraci 129

Chapter 9 Implicit Memory Tasks in Clinical Research / Nader Amir, Amy Selvig 153

IV Directed Forgetting Tasks 173

Chapter 10 Directed Forgetting Research: Finding Common Ground / Jonathan M. Golding, Richard J. McNally 175

Chapter 11 Directed Forgetting Tasks in Cognitive Research / Jonathan M. Golding 177

Chapter 12 Directed Forgetting Tasks in Clinical Research / Richard J. McNally 197

V Autobiographical Memory Tasks 213

Chapter 13 Autobiographical Memory Tasks: Six Common Methods / David C. Rubin, Amy Wenzel 215

Chapter 14 Autobiographical Memory Tasks in Cognitive Research / David C. Rubin 219

Chapter 15 Autobiographical Memory Tasks in Clinical Research / Amy Wenzel 243.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s2006 dcunns.

ISBN:

1591471850

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