Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory by Kathleen M. Galotti

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Synopsis

Succeed in the course with COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY IN AND OUT OF THE LABORATORY! This understandable cognitive psychology textbook provides you with the tools you need to master the concepts and improve your performance on exams. With everyday examples, the author presents brain function - an abstract and difficult topic - in a clear and manageable way. Key terms, review questions, CogLab exercises, and Web resources give you many new ways to approach the topics covered in the text. Through hands-on practice and reinforcement, you'll learn both the importance and personal relevance of understanding brain function.

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A textbook for a one-term undergraduate course for students who have completed the introductory psychology course. Galotti includes both the traditional topics in cognition and some topics that are usually omitted--such as cognitive development, gender differences, and cross-cultural approaches to cognition--to put the traditional topics in broader perspective. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Biography

Kathleen M. Galotti holds a B.A. in psychology and economics from Wellesley College, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology and an M.S.E. in computer and information sciences from the University of Pennsylvania. A full professor of psychology and cognitive studies at Carleton College, she serves as the director of an interdisciplinary program in cognitive studies that she helped establish in 1989. She is a former chairperson of the psychology department at Carleton College and teaches courses in introductory psychology, statistics, cognitive, and developmental psychology. Kathleen Galotti is the author or co-author of dozen of studies in cognitive and developmental psychology. Her research centers on the development of reasoning and decision-making skills from the preschool period through adulthood, and on the styles with which adolescents and adults plan for the future, make important life commitments, and learn new information. Her research has been funded through the NSF, the Spencer Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. She recently authored a book entitled Making Decisions that Matter: How People Face Important Life Choices (Erlbaum, 2002).