Cognitive Psychology category: 3003 books
Cognitive and Affective Growth (PLE: Emotion)
Developmental Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Originally published in 1981, this title is a collection of chapters based on papers presented at a conference called to explore what the editors called a developmental–interaction point of view – an approach to developmental psychology and education that stresses these interactive and reciprocal...
The Missing Link in Cognition
Origins of Self-Reflective Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2005
Are humans unique in having self-reflective consciousness? Or can precursors to this central form of human consciousness be found in non-human species? The Missing Link in Cognition brings together a diverse group of researchers who have been investigating this question from a variety of perspectives,...
Human Action Control
From Intentions to Movements
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction into the areas of human action planning and action control. It discusses the basic theoretical issues and questions in understanding the planning and control of human goal-directed action. The authors begin by presenting an integrative theoretical...
by John A. Swets
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Signal detection theory--as developed in electrical engineering and based on statistical decision theory--was first applied to human sensory discrimination 40 years ago. The theoretical intent was to provide a valid model of the discrimination process; the methodological intent was to provide reliable...
Remembering
Attributions, Processes, and Control in Human Memory
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
In the 22 chapters in this volume, many of the world’s foremost memory scientists report on their cutting-edge research on the nature of human memory, with several chapters reporting new empirical studies that are being published for the first time. All the contributions are inspired by the work...
by Leonard Talmy
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018
A proposal that a single linguistic/cognitive system, “targeting,” underlies two domains of reference, anaphora (speech-internal) and deixis (speech-external).
In this book, Leonard Talmy proposes that a single linguistic/cognitive system, targeting, underlies two domains of linguistic...
A Beginner's Guide To Success With CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)
Self Improvement Now, #1
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
Problems in life? Need changes in your behaviour and outlook? Good news!... Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) will take care of this and so much more... and it's simple too!
In this easy to read book you will discover how CBT will help you to understand yourself, your thoughts and your...
Button Therapy
Set of Three Books
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2007
The Button Therapy Book is a practical psychological self-help book and a holistic cognitive therapy manual for mental health professionals.
The Six-Step Button Therapy Method is a practical and psychological self-help approach, and is a companion book to the Button Therapy Book, providing...
by D. E. Broadbent
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Originally published in 1973, this book contains the 1971 William James Lectures at Harvard, the first by that name to be given by a British psychologist. In addition, there are reprints of four shorter lectures which had not been easily available before. Together the resulting collection gave a broad...
From Bricks to Brains
The Embodied Cognitive Science of Lego Robots
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
From Bricks to Brains introduces embodied cognitive science, and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots.Discussing the characteristics that distinguish embodied cognitive science from classical cognitive science, From Bricks to Brains...
Deep Learning
How the Mind Overrides Experience
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Although the ability to retain, process, and project prior experience onto future situations is indispensable, the human mind also possesses the ability to override experience and adapt to changing circumstances. Cognitive scientist Stellan Ohlsson analyzes three types of deep, non-monotonic cognitive...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children
A Guide for the Community Practitioner
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2016
This new edition of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children links together the methods of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) practiced in academic centers as well as the community. This book addresses the challenges community practitioners face when pressured to use CBT with youth who live with...
Overcoming Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
A CBT-Based Guide to Getting Over Frightening, Obsessive, or Disturbing Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
You are not your thoughts! In this powerful book, two anxiety experts offer proven-effective cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) skills to help you get unstuck from disturbing thoughts, overcome the shame these thoughts can bring, and reduce your anxiety.
If you suffer from unwanted, intrusive,...
by Aaron T. Beck
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1979
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1979
Is the emotionally disturbed person a victim of forces beyond his awareness, over which he has no control? This is the belief on which neuropsychiatry, psychoanalysis, and behavior therapy are all based. But what if this premise is wrong? What if a person’s psychological difficulties stem from his...