Chapter 8 focuses on cognitive psychology, the branch of psychology that focuses on the study of higher mental processes, including thinking, language, memory, problem solving, knowing, reasoning, judging, and decision making.
This chapter concentrates on three broad topics: thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and creativity and language. First, we consider concepts and various kinds of reasoning. Next the chapter examines problem solving strategies and how different strategies, such as creativity and skill at making judgments about solutions, may be useful. Finally, a discussion on how language is developed and acquired is presented.
To further investigate the topics covered in this chapter, you can visit the related websites by visiting the following link:
http://www.mhhe.com/feldmanup6-08links. Prologue: House Calls in Space
Section 1: Thinking and Reasoning - Mental Images: Examining the Mind's Eye
- Concepts: Categorizing the World
- Reasoning: Making Up Your Mind
Section 2: Problem Solving - Preparation: Understanding and Diagnosing Problems
- Production: Generating Solutions
- Judgment: Evaluating the Solutions
- Impediments to Solutions: Why Is Problem Solving Such a Problem?
- Creativity and Problem Solving
Becoming an Informed Consumer of Psychology:
Thinking Critically and CreativelyApplying Psychology in the 21st Century: Can
Computers Think Creatively?Section 3: Language - Grammar: Language's Language
- Language Development: Developing a Way with Words
- Understanding Language Acquisition: Identifying the Roots of Language
- The Influence of Language on Thinking: Do Eskimos Have More Words for Snow Than Texans Have?
- Do Animals Use Language?
Exploring Diversity: Teaching with Linguistic Variety: Bilingual EducationPsychology at Work: Rose Sevcik,
Language Researcher |
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