UID:
almahu_9949697885002882
Format:
1 online resource (509 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-05908-0
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9786611059088
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0-08-053860-6
Series Statement:
Handbook of perception and cognition (2nd ed.)
Content:
Perception and Cognition at Century's End contains cognitive psychology surveys that are up-to-date and historically based, as well as references to the development of cognitive psychology over the past century. The book can serve as a central or specialized text for a range of psychology courses.Key Features* Written by prominent active researchers in the field* Presents broad coverage of perception and cognition* Considers perception and cognition in the context of the thought of the past half-century* Contains extensive references; excellent resource
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Perception and Cognition at Century's End; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part 1: Roo ts and Persisting Issues; Chapter 1. A Context for the Second Half of the Century: One View; I. Purposes and Substance of This Volume; II. An Historical Context; III. The First Half of This Century; IV. Massive Changes at the Half-Century; References; Chapter 2. Philosophy, Perception, and Cognitive Science; I. Introduction; II. Methodology and the Mind-Body Problem; III. Computation and Representation; IV. Theories of Content
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V. Perceptual Strategies and Mental ContentVI. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. Consciousness and Mind as Philosophical Problems and Psychological Issues; I. Mind and Consciousness: Central Issues; II. What Is a Philosophy of Mind About?; III. The Puzzle of Consciousness; IV. Philosophical Positions; V. Psychologists and Consciousness; VI. Views Apart from the Mainstream; VII. Mind as Mechanism; VIII. Psychological Issues: Functionalism and Empirical Results-What Is the Function of Consciousness?; IX. Psychological Functionalism and Consciousness; X. Consciousness and Empirical Psychology
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XI. Yes, Virginia, There Is a Brain: The Mind-Body DistinctionXII. Coda; References; Part 2: The Informed Present : Where We Are and How We Got There; Chapter 4. Information from the World around Us; I. Framework 1 : Experience in an Unruly World; II. Framework 2: Mathematics and Natural Law in a Well-Ordered World; III. Framework 3: Biology in an Expedient World; IV. Multiple Sources of Inforniation and the Problems They Present; V. Information and What It Represents; VI. Summary: Working among Three Frameworks; References; Chapter 5. Illusions at Century's End
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I. Why Illusions Are Considered Theoretically DiagnosticII. Theories of Perceptual Representation; III. Physiological Theories; IV. Functional Theories; V. Conclusion; References; Chpter 6. Pictures and Their Special Status in Perceptual and Cognitive Inquiry; I. Pictures and the World; II. Pictures, Representation, and Communication; III. The Basic Pictorial Elements; IV. Summary; References; Chapter 7. The Internalization of Perceptual Processing Constraints; I. Introduction; II. The Varieties of Internalization Proposals; III. Concluding Remarks; References
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Chapter 8. A Century of Human Information- Processing Theory: Vision, Attention, and MemoryI. The Evolution of Psychological Theory; II. Visual Perception; III. Visual Attention; IV. Immediate Memory; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 9. Gestalt Theory and Its Legacy: Organization in Eye und Brain, in Attention and Mental Representation; I. Introduction and Overview; II. Starting Over: The Gestaltists' Reformulation of Psychology and Neurophysiology; III. Resetting the Problems and Their Context; IV. Perception as Purposive Behavior; V. The Gestalt Phenomena and Mental Representation
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References
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-301160-4
Language:
English
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