Human Information Processing: An Introduction to Psychology
- ISBN-10
- 1483258238
- ISBN-13
- 9781483258232
- Series
- Human Information Processing
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 802
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-10-22
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- Authors
- Peter H. Lindsay, Donald A. Norman
Description
Human Information Processing: An Introduction to Psychology, Second Edition, was written to reflect recent developments, as well as anticipate new directions, in this flourishing field. The ideas of human information processing are relevant to all human activities, most especially those of human interactions. The book discusses all the traditional areas and then goes beyond: consciousness, states of awareness, multiple levels of processing (and of awareness), interpersonal communication, emotion, and stress. The book begins with an introduction to some of the more interesting phenomena of perception and poses some of the puzzles faced by those who would attempt to unravel the structures. Separate chapters cover the systems of most interest for human communication: the visual system and the auditory system; the structure of the nervous system; and the systems of memory: sensory information storage, short-term memory, and long-term memory. Subsequent chapters deal with the different aspects of memory, including show how memory is used in thought, in language, and in decision making. Also examined are the neurological basis of memory and the representation of knowledge within memory.
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- 2021-06-30
- 378 pages
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- 2013
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