Memory and Remembering:Everyday Memory in Context - Couverture souple

Groeger, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0582292204 ISBN 13 : 9780582292208

Editeur : Longman, 1997

Synopsis

This key text on Memory covers one of the core topics of all undergraduate psychology degrees. Memory and Remembering fills a clear gap in the market for a text which integrates laboratory, clinical and naturalistic memory findings and models in a clear and accessible way. Throughout, theories and findings are illustrated with every day examples which enable the student to relate conceptually difficult topics to their own experience and to understand memory in a broader context.

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Psychologists have been very successful in developing an understanding of how memory operates and memory is now a core topic in all undergraduate psychology degrees. However, there has been a tendency to focus primarily on empirical findings resulting form traditional laboratory based investigation.

Memory and Remembering adopts a uniquely broad approach to memory. Findings from laboratory based research, clinical work, naturalistic studies and theoretical models are integrated to explain how memory operates in everyday life. The book investigates how memory underlies the ordinary tasks we perform and explains how what we actually do in everyday situations can challenge more traditional assumptions about memory and how it works. The author explores aspects of everyday memory which are not easily encompassed within current theoretical approaches to memory and critically evaluates the contribution made to memory research by the shift in focus from laboratory and clinical to more naturalistic settings.

Key features:

* Provides a clear accessible introduction to memory and it's role in everyday life

* Integrates laboratory, clinical and naturalistic memory findings and models of memory functioning

* Gives examples of real world applications of memory research

* Considers memory and remembering in relation to topics such as personal growth, time, skilled behaviour, age and dysfunction

* Includes glossary of terms

Memory and Remembering will prove essential reading for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students taking courses in psychology. It will also be of interest to students taking modular courses in memory and all those interested in understanding memory and how it operates.

Professor John Groeger's work spans applied and theoretical issues in cognition. He is Foundation Fund Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the University of Surrey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Longman
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0582292204
• ISBN 13: 9780582292208
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 386
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible