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Cognition, Fifth Edition
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This text's success has come in large part from its up-to-date coverage of important research and theories and offers the latest and most comprehensive overview of cognition on the market today. Recent developments in perception, imagery, problem solving, and creativity are highlighted along with advances in such areas as memory and language and expanded theoretical approaches.
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Margaret W. Matlin received her bachelor's degree from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. She currently holds the title Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology at SUNY Geneseo, where she has taught the course in cognitive psychology for 20 years. In addition to Cognition, Harcourt also publishes her textbooks, Psychology and Psychology of Women.

Dr. Matlin is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Canadian Psychological Association. She received the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1977, the American Psychological Association's Teaching of Psychology Award for four-year institutions in 1985, and the American Psychological Foundation's Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award in 1995.

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1. Introduction.

2. Perceptual Processes.

3. Working Memory.

4. Long-term Memory.

5. Memory Strategies and Metacognition.

6. Imagery.

7. General Knowledge.

8. Language I: Introduction to Language and Language Comprehension.

9. Language II: Language Production and Bilingualism.

10. Problem Solving and Creativity.

11. Deductive Reasoning and Decision Making.

12. Cognitive Development.

Chapter Review Questions.

New Terms.

Recomended Readings.

One Last Talk.

Glossary.

References.

Credits.

Name Index.

Subject Index.

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