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81. Social Relationships: Cognitive,
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82. The Psychology of Concentration
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83. The Cognitive Neuroscience of
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84. Blackwell Handbook of Childhood
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85. Cognitive Methods And Their Applications
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86. Primer of Adlerian Psychology:
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87. Models Of Cognitive Development
 
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88. Cognitive Psychology for Teachers
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89. Evolutionary Theory and Cognitive
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90. Cognitive Therapy for Delusions,
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91. Cognitive Rehabilitation: An Integrative
 
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92. Cognitive Psychology- Connecting
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93. Cognitive Models and Spiritual
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94. Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's
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95. Cognitive Remediation Therapy
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96. Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology
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97. Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment
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98. The Cognitive Psychology of Planning
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99. Adaptive Perspectives on Human-Technology

81. Social Relationships: Cognitive, Affective and Motivational Processes (Sydney Symposium in Social Psychology)
Hardcover: 368 Pages (2008-05-28)
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Human beings are an intrinsically gregarious species - our personal relationships are of immense interest to us and are a key factor in achieving happiness and well being. From the moment of birth, humans crave love and intimacy and we devote much energy to creating and maintaining successful personal relationships throughout our personal and our working lives. However, modern industrialized societies present a particularly challenging environment for sustaining rewarding personal relationships. Understanding how people initiate, develop, maintain, and terminate relationships is one of the core issues in psychology, and the subject matter of this book.

Contributors to this volume are all leading researchers in relationship science, and they seek here to explore and integrate the subtle influence that evolutionary, socio-cultural, and intra-psychic (cognitive, affective and motivational) variables play in relationship processes. In addition to discussing the latest advances in areas of relationship research, they also advocate an expanded theoretical approach that incorporates many of the insights gained from evolutionary psychology, social cognition, and research on affect and motivation.

The contributions should be highly relevant to researchers, teachers, students, laypersons and to everyone who is interested in the subtleties of human relationships. The book is also highly recommended to clinical, health, and relationship professionals who deal with relationship issues in their daily work.

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82. The Psychology of Concentration in Sport Performers: A Cognitive Analysis
by Aidan P. Moran, Aidan Moran
Paperback: 320 Pages (1999-02-01)
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The capacity to "concentrate" effectively, or to exert mental effort on the specific task at hand while ignoring distractions, is widely regarded by athletes, coaches and psychologists as the key to successful performance in competitive sport. But what exactly is "concentration"? Why do athletes often "lose" it, paradoxically, at the very time they need it most? Can it be measured? Furthermore, how successful are the various psychological techniques (e.g. mental practice) which are alleged to enhance concentration? Unfortunately, until now, these questions have remained largely unanswered due to such problems as the atheoretical nature of research in sport psychology and the reluctance of cognitive psychologists to explore how the mind works under the real-life pressures and distractions that are commonly encountered in sport. Therefore, this monograph fills a gap in the field by exploring the attentional processes of athletes using a theoretical framework derived from contemporary cognitive psychology. Using a wealth of sporting examples, the author, who is Official Psychologist to the Irish Olympic Squad, argues convincingly that research on the "mental side" of athletic performance offers exciting possibilities for increased collaboration between sport psychology and cognitive science (e.g. with regard to such topics as the study of emotional influences on skilled performance). Written in a lively and accessible style, this book represents an entertaining and welcome attempt to explore the mental substrates of athletic performance. As such, it should appeal as much to cognitive researchers as to students and professionals in the growing discipline of sport psychology. ... Read more


83. The Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Behaviour
Hardcover: 344 Pages (2005-07-12)
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The potential for cognitive neuroscience to shed light on social behaviour is increasingly being acknowledged and is set to become an important new approach in the field of psychology. Standing at the vanguard of this development, The Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Behaviour provides a state-of-the-art contribution to a subject still in its infancy. Divided into three parts, the book presents an overview of researchinto neural substrates of social interactions, the cognitive neuroscience of social cognition and human disorders of social behaviour and cognition. ... Read more


84. Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Cognitive Development (Blackwell Handbooks of Developmental Psychology)
Paperback: 776 Pages (2004-03-05)
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This definitive volume provides state-of-the-art summaries of current research by leading specialists in different areas of cognitive development.


  • Forms part of a series of four Blackwell Handbooks in Developmental Psychology spanning infancy to adulthood.
  • Covers all the major topics in research and theory about childhood cognitive development.
  • Synthesizes the latest research findings in an accessible manner.
  • Includes chapters on abnormal cognitive development and theoretical perspectives, as well as basic research topics.
  • Now available in full text online via xreferplus, the award-winning reference library on the web from xrefer. For more information, visit www.xreferplus.com
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85. Cognitive Methods And Their Applications To Clinical Research
Hardcover: 289 Pages (2004-10-30)
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This volume brings together scholars from both disciplines of psychology and psycopathology, to discuss basic cognitive processes and their functional role in clinical disorders. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Cognitive Methods
Book came in great in a very timely manner and was exactly what I was looking for.

2-0 out of 5 stars Bland
I am required to read this for class and I really don't enjoy it.I like the couple of chapters on the clinical application but I feel like the emphasis is more on the cognitive techniques which seem like common sense.I fall asleep a lot reading this - in the middle of the day!

5-0 out of 5 stars Very Resourceful
As a grad student, this book really strengthened my knowledge of cognitive psychopathology.I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning about this topic in depth.

5-0 out of 5 stars Collecting the writings of expert psychologists
Cognitive Methods And Their Application To Clinical Research is a college, graduate studies and professional-level text collecting the writings of expert psychologists concerning the discoveries and applications of cognitive psychology, particularly in the past 20 years. Clinical psychologists often have little background in cognitive psychology, and cognitive psychologists frequently have sparse training in conducting research with special populations; Cognitive Methods And Their Application To Clinical Research seeks to bridge the gap by providing the necessary background reference to discuss each eassy topic, in an ambitious anthology that strives to further promote both individual and collective professional understandings of psychology as a whole. Highly recommended especially for professional and academic library psychology reference and supplemental studies shelves.
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86. Primer of Adlerian Psychology: The Analytic - Behavioural - Cognitive Psychology of Alfred Adler
by Harold Mosak, Michael Maniacci
Paperback: 216 Pages (1999-08-01)
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A Primer of Adlerian Psychology offers an accessible, yet very learned, introduction to Adlerian Psychology. Also known as Individual Psychology, the approach stresses the unity of the individual, the subjective choices he or she makes and the goals the individual works towards he or she moves through life. Therapists can apply this theory in a variety of settings with populations of all ages, making it a highly practical and valuable approach. Written by two scholars with extensive knowledge and experience in this school of thought, this book covers the basic tenets of Individual Psychology geared toward those students and clinicians who are yet unfamiliar with Adler's work. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Putting the pieces together
After learning about Adlerian Psychology in different classes in grad school it was nice to have this book put all of the pieces together for a more in depth, wholistic, view of his theory. I now recommend this book to my collegues and counseling interns.

5-0 out of 5 stars excelent for beginners and students
this book is much better as it seems, you must have it ... Read more


87. Models Of Cognitive Development
by Dr Ken Richardson, Ken Richardson
Hardcover: 288 Pages (1998-09-01)
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In spite of its obvious importance and popularity, the field of cognitive development remains highly fragmented, scientifically. Instead of theoretical convergence towards a generally accepted set of principles, there remains a vast diversity of models of what knowledge and reasoning are, and how they develop. Courses and books tend to deal with this perplexing situation by simply presenting students with either a specific, favoured line, or by offering selections from the theoretical salad. As a result, students have great difficulty in obtaining a cohesive picture of the area. They are frequently bewildered by the diversity of schools, frameworks and approaches, with seemingly little connection between them. More seriously, they are deprived of a critical grasp of the area, and thus forced into a habit of early selectivity, rote memory of specific models in isolation, and regurgitation at exams. This in turn deprives the area of cognitive development of important critical impetus for future improvement. Models of Cognitive Development is an attempt to overcome these problems. It does this by arguing that the vast diversity of theories or models can be organised into groups according to a much smaller set of underlying assumptions or preconceptions, which themselves can be historically interrelated. By understanding these, students may be helped to find their way more confidently around the area as a whole, to see the 'wood' as well as the theoretical forest, and thus find themselves in a position to react to individual models more positively and more critically. Such criticism may, in turn, assist theoretical progress and unity in the future. Models of Cognitive Development covers all the contemporary theoretical and research strands in the area, with numerous examples, in a clear and straightforward manner, and should be useful to all students, researchers, and comparative theoreticians in the area. ... Read more


88. Cognitive Psychology for Teachers
by John A. Glover, Royce R. Ronning, Roger H. Bruning
 Paperback: 416 Pages (1990-01)
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89. Evolutionary Theory and Cognitive Therapy
Hardcover: 216 Pages (2004-07-01)
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The relatively new and controversial evolutionary approaches to psychopathology are examined in this collection edited by Paul Gilbert. Leading contributors explore some of the central evolutionary concepts that may have implications for cognitive theory and practice.

The collection also focuses on specific problems where evolutionary-cognitive theory approach has been effective, for example on issues of optimism/pessimism, fear and anxiety, and command hallucinations in psychosis.

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90. Cognitive Therapy for Delusions, Voices and Paranoia (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology)
by Paul Chadwick, Max J. Birchwood, Peter Trower
Paperback: 230 Pages (1999-06-25)
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Psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists and nurses are increasingly involved in treatments which include psychological therapy, and particularly cognitive therapy, for serious mental disorders. The aim of this book is to guide such professionals towards better practice by treating the individual symptoms of delusions, voices and paranoia, rather than by the categorisation of schizophrenia. The authors provide an introduction to their cognitive model and show how therapy depends crucially on the collaborative relationship with the client. While earlier approaches to these distressing symptoms depended on an overall model of schizophrenia which emphasised fundamental discontinuities with normal thought and psychological processes, the authors approach is supported by substantial research that indicates that delusions, voices and paranoia lie on a continuum of differences in thought and behaviour, and do not arise from fundamentally different psychological processes. This book offers a practical, research-based and essentially hopeful approach to the assessment and treatment of psychotic disorders and also an argument for the development of a person model for treatment, which is based on the persons enduring psychological vulnerabilities. This book appears in The Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology Series Editor: J. Mark G. Williams University of Wales, Bangor, UK ... Read more


91. Cognitive Rehabilitation: An Integrative Neuropsychological Approach
by McKay Moore Sohlberg PhDCCC-SLP, Catherine A. Mateer
Hardcover: 492 Pages (2001-05-25)
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Sohlberg and Mateer's landmark introductory text helped put cognitiverehabilitation on the map for a generation of clinicians, researchers, educators, andstudents. Now, more than a decade later, the discipline has come of age. This newvolume provides a comprehensive overview of this fast-evolving field. More than arevised edition, the text reflects the dramatic impact of recent advances in neuroscienceand computer technology, coupled with changes in service delivery models. Theauthors describe a broad range of clinical interventions for assisting persons withacquired cognitive impairments including deficits in attention, memory, executivefunctions, and communication and for managing associated emotional and behavioralissues. For each approach, theoretical underpinnings are reviewed in depth and clinicalprotocols delineated. Difficult concepts are explained in a clear, straightforward fashion,with realistic case examples bringing the material to life. Also included are samples ofrelevant assessment instruments, rating scales, and patient handouts. Throughout, thenew volume emphasizes the need to work from a community perspective, providing aframework for forming collaborative partnerships with families and caregivers. It is anessential resource for professionals across a wide variety of rehabilitation specialities,and will serve as a text in courses on rehabilitation methods and neurogenic disorders. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars The text book of cognitive remediation
This book has everything needed to make an excellent textbook to introduce clinicians to cognitive remediation.From the cognitive psychology underlying each technique to the learning principles so important to the efficacy of the approach to the adjuvant psychotherapy imperative to the success of the treatment, Sohlberg and Mateer present a thorough introduction to this form of therapy as it is clinically applied.

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This book came right on time in brand new condition. Just what I needed, but a lot cheaper than the University Bookstore. Thank you! ... Read more


92. Cognitive Psychology- Connecting Mind,Research and Everyday Experience, 2nd Edition
by EBruce Goldstein
 Hardcover: Pages (2007)
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93. Cognitive Models and Spiritual Maps : Interdisciplinary Explorations of Religious Experience (Journal of Consciousness Studies,)
Paperback: 288 Pages (2000-12-20)
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This book throws down a challenge to the field ofreligious studies. It offers new and exciting approaches for ourunderstanding of religious experience, drawn from the methods ofcognitive science, neuropsychology, developmental psychology,philosophy of mind, anthropology, and the many other fields that havejoined together to investigate the phenomenon of consciousness. ... Read more

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3-0 out of 5 stars Waiting for a science of religious experience
This book is a reprint of the November/December 2000 issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies. I read it looking for something that I will continue to wait for, a science that goes beyond descriptions and speculation regarding the nature of religious experience. Are those who say cognitive psychology and atheistic assumptions are enough to explain religion correct in that? I don't believe so. Religious experience is data waiting for a way of analysis that would convince a skeptic of that. Maybe the wait will be beyond what anyone can wait. This book does not provide anything new along these lines, but it is a good summary of some areas.

The difficulty is not for lack of effort. Jensine Andresen does a good job summarizing 50 years of research on physical effects of meditation. The autonomic effects are well documented, including how different meditation styles and different degrees of experience can induce relaxation or activation. Brain imaging studies are described, though it remains to be seen if findings noted there are actually adding anything to the meaning of autonomic effects measured peripherally. The greatest obstacle to doing more with this is not anything subjective about the experience. It's a matter of how limited neuroscience remains to answering certain questions. The simplest theory of how meditation lowers blood pressure is easy to state in terms of reducing input to the sympathetic nervous system, but what are the details? What inputs are there as we go about our lives in an ordinary state of consciousness? What aspect of meditation is necessary to change that? What aspects make the effect optimal? How might the benefit of lower blood pressure be extended further into states of normal consciousness? What is actually going on here? This book describes how crude studies relevant to such questions have been done across many types of meditation, but it is neuroscience itself that is still lacking techniques to connect cause and effect in a way that such studies can say anything more than, "There's something there." Maybe more experience with functional brain imaging will change that, but it remains to be seen.

Much of what else is described in this book suffers from the same problem, only more so, because the effects being addressed by other authors include perception, cognition, and motivation, transcendent or otherwise, where it's even harder to talk about brain mechanisms in a detailed way. Other authors are also less systematic than Andresen and prone to speculative models of experience and consciousness that don't necessarily have anything to do with natural or spiritual principles.

This book may be useful to those who are interested in learning more about the phenomenology of religious experience. It does provide multiple approaches to choose from. Other authors who are notably conscientious about their subjects include Phillip H. Wiebe writing on Christic visions and James H. Austin on the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of consciousness. Don't expect any useful conclusions. Until neuroscience becomes even more detailed or experiments such as those regarding the power of prayer in medicine become more impressive, this sort of thing is still going to be a matter of preaching to the choir. ... Read more


94. Cognitive Neuropsychology of Alzheimer's Disease
Hardcover: 434 Pages (2005-02-03)
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Alzheimer's disease can be thought of as a multi-faceted neuropsychological disorder, with diverse impairments in cognitive abilities, such as attention, memory, language and executive functioning. Over the last decade cognitive neuropsychology has provided a far richer understanding of these impairments, and this book describes these advances, placing them in their clinical context. The first section deals with background theoretical and clinical issues, such as the extent to which Alzheimer's disease can be considered as a single entity or whether it is more fruitful to explore the neuropsychology of individual patients. It considers the diagnostic aspects of Alzheimer's disease, the natural history of the disease, how it progresses over time and the characteristics of the prodromal phase.A second section, the core of the book, covers major cognitive functions and delineates how ... Read more


95. Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Schizophrenia: Theory and Practice
by Til Wykes, Clare Reeder
Paperback: 328 Pages (2005-09-22)
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Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Schizophrenia describes the background and development of this new psychological therapy and demonstrates how it provides the first structured help to overcome the thinking problems associated with schizophrenia.
In three sections, the book covers the theoretical and empirical underpinning of cognitive remediation therapy and explores its application. Part one, "the development of therapy", provides the historical context and theoretical background to the therapy and emphasizes the value of the rehabilitation of cognitive deficits. In part two, "improving cognitive processes", the process and effects of changing cognition are examined. Finally, in part 3, "the process of therapy", the authors provide a clinical guide to the delivery of cognitive remediation therapy and use case examples to support its efficacy.
This book is the first to describe an individual cognitive remediation therapy programme based on a clear model of the relationship between thinking and behavior. It will be of both academic and clinical value to all those health professionals and clinical academics who want not only to understand the relationship between thought and action but also to intervene to improve therapy. ... Read more


96. Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology (Oxford Library of Psychology)
by Michael Harris Bond
Hardcover: 696 Pages (2010-05-02)
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In recent years China has witnessed unprecedented economic growth, emerging as a powerful, influential player on the global stage. Now, more than ever, there is a great interest and need within the West to better understand the psychological and social processes that characterize Chinese people.

The Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology is the first book of its kind-- a comprehensive and commanding review of Chinese psychology, covering areas of human functioning with unparalleled sophistication and complexity. In 42 chapters, leading authorities cite and integrate both English and Chinese-language research in topic areas ranging from the socialization of children, mathematics achievement, emotion, bilingualism, and Chinese styles of thinking to Chinese identity, personal relationships, leadership processes, and psychopathology. With all chapters accessibly written by the leading researchers in their respective fields, the reader of this volume will learn how and why China has developed in the way it has, and how it is likely to develop. In addition, the book shows how a better understanding of a culture so different to our own can tell us so much about our own culture and sense of identity.

A book of extraordinary breadth, the Oxford Handbook of Chinese Psychology will become the essential sourcebook for any scholar or practitioner attempting to understand the psychological functioning of the world's largest ethnic group. ... Read more


97. Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders (Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology)
Paperback: 250 Pages (2009-11-23)
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New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders - namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.1, the Implicit Association Test, the Stroop test and the polygraph. The book also discusses how established cognitive assessment methods such as the attentional blink and the startle probe reflex can be adapted for use with sex offenders. It therefore brings together in one volume all the latest research and practice in this area, along with critical commentary on the effectiveness of each method. ... Read more


98. The Cognitive Psychology of Planning (Current Issues in Thinking and Reasoning)
Hardcover: 256 Pages (2005-02-10)
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The Cognitive Psychology of Planning assesses recent advances in the scientific study of the cognitive processes involved in formulating, evaluating and selecting a sequence of thoughts and actions to achieve a goal. Approaches discussed range from those which look at planning in terms of problem-solving behaviour to those which look at how we control thoughts and actions within the frameworks of attention, working memory or executive function. Topics covered include: simple to complex tasks, well- and ill-defined problems and the effects of age and focal brain damage on planning. This survey of recent work in the cognitive psychology and cognitive neuropsychology of planning will be an invaluable resource for anyone studying or researching in the fields of thinking and reasoning, memory and attention. ... Read more

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5-0 out of 5 stars Right on target
Although I'm biased because I do research in this area and it's hard to find a book more perfectly focused on my interests than this, it did try to look at the text with a critical eye.Ward and Morris, the editors, have worked in this research area for many years and have the experience to know what is needed in such an edited book.The selection of the chapters contributors might be criticized as being a little UK-centric, the contributors are nonetheless all experienced researchers.The strongest point is the choice of chapter topics with coverage of cognitive topics such as working memory and executive function, of basic theoretical topics such as planning in both well-defined and ill-defined domaines, and of coverage of neurological aspects.There was a chapter covering development of aging, but what was certainly missing was planning of children, my only disappointment in the volume.Still, overall, a well-designed book well worth the cost. ... Read more


99. Adaptive Perspectives on Human-Technology Interaction: Methods and Models for Cognitive Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction (Human Technology Interaction Series)
by Alex Kirlik
Paperback: 336 Pages (2009-10-01)
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In everyday life, and particularly in the modern workplace, information technology and automation increasingly mediate, augment, and sometimes even interfere with how humans interact with their environment. How to understand and support cognition in human-technology interaction is both a practically and socially relevant problem. The chapters in this volume frame this problem in adaptive terms: How are behavior and cognition adapted, or perhaps ill-adapted, to the demands and opportunities of an environment where interaction is mediated by tools and technology? The authors draw heavily on the work of Egon Brunswik, a pioneer in ecological and cognitive psychology, as well as on modern refinements and extensions of Brunswikian ideas, including Hammond's Social Judgment Theory, Gigerenzer's Ecological Rationality and Anderson's Rational Analysis. Inspired by Brunswik's view of cognition as "coming to terms" with the "casual texture" of the external world, the chapters in this volume provide quantitative and computational models and measures for studying how people come to terms with an increasingly technological ecology, and provide insights for supporting cognition and performance through design, training, and other interventions. The methods, models, and measures presented in this book provide timely and important resources for addressing problems in the rapidly growing field of human-technology interaction. The book will be of interest to researchers, students, and practitioners in human factors, cognitive engineering, human-computer interaction, judgment and decision making, and cognitive science.

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