Cognitive psychology research developments / Stella P. Weingarten and Helena O. Penat, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weingarten, Stella P.

Penat, Helena O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive psychology--Research.

Cognitive psychology.

Cognitive psychology--Research--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xii, 306 p. : ill. (some col.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cognitive psychologists are interested in how people solve problems, concerning themselves with the mental processes which mediate between stimulus and response. This book presents the research in cognitive psychology which is a school of thought in psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.

Contents:

Intro

Cognitive Psychology Research Developments

Contents

Preface

Limits to General Expertise: A Study of In- And Out-of-Field Graph Interpretation

Abstract

Introduction

Background

Research Design

Levels of In-Field and Out-of-Field Performance

Differences Across Domains

Contingent Nature of Interpretation

The Work of Structuring a Graph Reading Task: Anatomy of a Problematic Graph Reading

Core Practitioners and Limited Nature of Expertise

Acknowledgements

References

Appendix Transcription Conventions

Conceptual Combination: Models, Theories, and Controversies

Current Models of Conceptual Combination

Agreements and Controversies - An Analytical Framework

Conclusion

A Test of the Cognitive Theory of Obsessions: Study of Internal Structure and Validity of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire in Italian Individuals

The Obsessive Compulsive Cognition Working Group (OCCWG)

Development of the Obsessive Beliefs Questionnaire (Obq)

Method

Measures

Results

Explorative Factor Analysis: Six-Factor Solution

Comfermative Factor Analysis

Psychometric Characteristics of the OBQ-I46

Intercorrelation between the Scales

Criterion-Oriented Validity

Convergent and Divergent Validity

Discussion and Conclusions

Haptic Abilities in Infancy and their Relation to Vision: A Review

Research in Infancy: A Gap between the Visual and Haptic Modalities

Main Reasons of this Gap

Overview

Perception of the Shape of Objects

Cross-Modal Transfer of Shape between Touch and Vision

Emotional Modulation of Selective Attention: Experimental Evidence in Specific Phobia

Specific Aims and Results

Discussion.

Acknowledgements

Appendix The Italian Version of the OBQ (OBQ-I46)

The Moderating Effect of Switching Costs in Consumers' Relationship Dissolution. A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Determinant Factors of Relationship Dissolution

The Case of Car Insurance: The Moderating Effect of Switching Costs in Different Cultural Contexts

Tripartite Concepts of Mind and Brain, with Special Emphasis on the neuroevolutionary Postulastes of Christfried Jakob and Paul MacLean

Philosophical Tripartite Models of the Psyche

The Tripsyche Brain System of Jakob

The Tripartite Mental Apparatus of Psychoanalysis

The Triune Brain Concept of Maclean

Further Tripartite Models of the Human Mind

Discussion

Concluding Remarks

Category-Specific Semantics in Alzheimer's Dementia and Normal Aging?

Semantic Memory

Subject Variables Affecting Category-Specificity: Dementia Severity

Acknowledgments

Preverbal Category Formation the Role of Real-World Experience

Experiment 1

Materials and Procedure

Coding

Results and Discussion

Experiment 2

General Discussion

Peripheral Responses Elicited by Motor Imagery: A Window on Central and Peripheral Nervous System Relationships through Motor Commands Inhibition

First Experiment

Second Experiment

Third Experiment

General Discussion and Conclusion

Rationality: The Desire fro an Absolute with a Cause

Overview of Topics

The Power of Unconscious and Conscious Processing: Who is Better?

Prospect Theory

An Emerging Question

Method.

Results

The Cognitive Effects of Anxiety on Sexual Arousal

The Contribution of Plethysmography

Towards a Cognitive Theory of the Arousal-Anxiety Relationship

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-496-6

OCLC:

593304115