Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank
For
Cognition
Seventh Edition
Gabriel A. Radvansky, University of Notre Dame
Mark H. Ashcraft, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Prepared by
Kris Gunawan, Centenary University
,______________________________________________________________________________
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ISBN-10: 013447676X
ISBN-13: 9780134476766
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
1.1 Analyze the mental processes behind our thoughts
1.2 Differentiate memory and cognition
1.3 Recount the history of cognitive psychology
1.4 Interpret how human problem solving involves planning that guides
behavior
1.5 Compare human information processing to the operations of a computer
program
1.6 Explain the mental processes that take place while doing a task
1.7 Describe the seven themes of cognition
Discussion Question Bank
1.1 Thinking about Thinking
1.2 Memory and Cognition Defined
1.3 An Introductory History of Cognitive Psychology
1.4 Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing
1.5 Measuring Information Processes
1.6 The Standard Theory and Cognitive Science
1.7 Themes
Research Assignments
Early Research in Cognitive Psychology
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
2.1 Examine the neurological connection of cognition
2.2 Describe the functionality of neurons
2.3 Identify the neural anatomy of the human brain
2.4 Describe the four ways of understanding the human brain
2.5 Summarize connectionism as a computer-based method in cognitive
science
Discussion Question Bank
2.1 The Brain and Cognition Together
2.2 Basic Neurology
2.3 Important Brain Structures and Function
2.4 Neuroimaging
2.5 Connectionism
Research Assignments
Brain Lobes and Cognitive Functioning
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
Chapter Context
, Outcome-based Outline
3.1 Explain the process of relating mental experience to physical reality
3.2 Distinguish the processes of visual sensation and perception
3.3 Evaluate the process by which we identify patterns and objects
3.4 Explore ideas about how what we know influences what we see
3.5 Summarize the science of object recognition and agnosia
3.6 Describe the science of hearing
Discussion Question Bank
3.1 Psychophysics
3.2 Visual Sensation and Perception
3.3 Pattern Recognition
3.4 Top-Down Processing
3.5 Object Recognition and Agnosia
3.6 Auditory Sensation and Perception
Research Assignments
Context in Sensation and Perception
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 4: Attention
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
4.1 Identify the different meanings of attention
4.2 Explain the processes of input attention
4.3 Contrast controlled attention with voluntary attention
4.4 Compare automatic processing with conscious processing
Discussion Question Bank
4.1 Multiple Meanings of Attention
4.2 Basic Input Attentional Processes
4.3 Controlled, Voluntary Attention
4.4 Attention as a Mental Resource
Research Assignments
Multitasking
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 5: Short-Term Working Memory
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
5.1 Explain how short-term memory can be a bottleneck in the memory traffic
of the brain
5.2 Summarize the process through which short-term memory is recalled
5.3 Explain how working memory functions
5.4 Identify two ways to assess working memory
5.5 Evaluate the centrality of working memory in the overall cognitive
functions
Discussion Question Bank
5.1 A Limited-Capacity Bottleneck
5.2 Short-Term Memory Retrieval
5.3 Working Memory
For
Cognition
Seventh Edition
Gabriel A. Radvansky, University of Notre Dame
Mark H. Ashcraft, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Prepared by
Kris Gunawan, Centenary University
,______________________________________________________________________________
Copyright © 2018 by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of
America. This publication is protected by copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any
prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise. For information regarding permissions, request forms and the
appropriate contacts within the Pearson Education Global Rights & Permissions Department, please
visit www.pearsoned.com/permissions/.
ISBN-10: 013447676X
ISBN-13: 9780134476766
, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Cognitive Psychology
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
1.1 Analyze the mental processes behind our thoughts
1.2 Differentiate memory and cognition
1.3 Recount the history of cognitive psychology
1.4 Interpret how human problem solving involves planning that guides
behavior
1.5 Compare human information processing to the operations of a computer
program
1.6 Explain the mental processes that take place while doing a task
1.7 Describe the seven themes of cognition
Discussion Question Bank
1.1 Thinking about Thinking
1.2 Memory and Cognition Defined
1.3 An Introductory History of Cognitive Psychology
1.4 Cognitive Psychology and Information Processing
1.5 Measuring Information Processes
1.6 The Standard Theory and Cognitive Science
1.7 Themes
Research Assignments
Early Research in Cognitive Psychology
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 2: Cognitive Neuroscience
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
2.1 Examine the neurological connection of cognition
2.2 Describe the functionality of neurons
2.3 Identify the neural anatomy of the human brain
2.4 Describe the four ways of understanding the human brain
2.5 Summarize connectionism as a computer-based method in cognitive
science
Discussion Question Bank
2.1 The Brain and Cognition Together
2.2 Basic Neurology
2.3 Important Brain Structures and Function
2.4 Neuroimaging
2.5 Connectionism
Research Assignments
Brain Lobes and Cognitive Functioning
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 3: Sensation and Perception
Chapter Context
, Outcome-based Outline
3.1 Explain the process of relating mental experience to physical reality
3.2 Distinguish the processes of visual sensation and perception
3.3 Evaluate the process by which we identify patterns and objects
3.4 Explore ideas about how what we know influences what we see
3.5 Summarize the science of object recognition and agnosia
3.6 Describe the science of hearing
Discussion Question Bank
3.1 Psychophysics
3.2 Visual Sensation and Perception
3.3 Pattern Recognition
3.4 Top-Down Processing
3.5 Object Recognition and Agnosia
3.6 Auditory Sensation and Perception
Research Assignments
Context in Sensation and Perception
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 4: Attention
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
4.1 Identify the different meanings of attention
4.2 Explain the processes of input attention
4.3 Contrast controlled attention with voluntary attention
4.4 Compare automatic processing with conscious processing
Discussion Question Bank
4.1 Multiple Meanings of Attention
4.2 Basic Input Attentional Processes
4.3 Controlled, Voluntary Attention
4.4 Attention as a Mental Resource
Research Assignments
Multitasking
Lecture Suggestions
Chapter 5: Short-Term Working Memory
Chapter Context
Outcome-based Outline
5.1 Explain how short-term memory can be a bottleneck in the memory traffic
of the brain
5.2 Summarize the process through which short-term memory is recalled
5.3 Explain how working memory functions
5.4 Identify two ways to assess working memory
5.5 Evaluate the centrality of working memory in the overall cognitive
functions
Discussion Question Bank
5.1 A Limited-Capacity Bottleneck
5.2 Short-Term Memory Retrieval
5.3 Working Memory
