Cognitive Psychology

by Robert J. Sternberg

With an accessible, easy-to-understand writing style, COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, Sixth Edition will give you the tools you need to be successful in the course! This book covers cognitive neuroscience, attention and consciousness, perception, memory, knowledge, representation, language, problem solving and creativity, decision making and reasoning, cognitive development, and intelligence. A review of key themes at the end of every chapter will help you spend more time studying important information and less time trying to figure out what you need to know. The author provides a "from lab to life" approach that covers theory, lab and field research, and applications to everyday life.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Science, Textbooks, Reference, Academic, Philosophy

624 pages, Hardcover

Published August 8, 2005

About the author

Robert J. Sternberg's spectacular research career in psychology had a rather inauspicious beginning. In elementary school he performed poorly on IQ tests, and his teachers' actions conveyed their low expectations for his future progress. Everything changed when his fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Alexa, saw that he had potential and challenged him to do better. With her encouragement, he became a high-achieving student, eventually graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University. In a gesture of gratitude, Dr. Sternberg dedicated his book, Successful Intelligence to Mrs. Alexa.

Dr. Sternberg's personal experiences with intelligence testing in elementary school lead him to create his own intelligence test for a 7 th grade science project. He happened to find the Stanford-Binet scales in the local library, and with unintentional impertinence, began administering the test to his classmates; his own test, the Sternberg Test of Mental Abilities (STOMA) appeared shortly thereafter. In subsequent years he distinguished himself in many domains of psychology, having published influential theories relating to intelligence, creativity, wisdom, thinking styles, love and hate.

Dr. Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of (Successful) Intelligence contends that intelligent behavior arises from a balance between analytical, creative and practical abilities, and that these abilities function collectively to allow individuals to achieve success within particular sociocultural contexts. Analytical abilities enable the individual to evaluate, analyze, compare and contrast information. Creative abilities generate invention, discovery, and other creative endeavors. Practical abilities tie everything together by allowing individuals to apply what they have learned in the appropriate setting. To be successful in life the individual must make the best use of his or her analytical, creative and practical strengths, while at the same time compensating for weaknesses in any of these areas. This might involve working on improving weak areas to become better adapted to the needs of a particular environment, or choosing to work in an environment that values the individual's particular strengths. For example, a person with highly developed analytical and practical abilities, but with less well-developed creative abilities, might choose to work in a field that values technical expertise but does not require a great deal of imaginative thinking. Conversely, if the chosen career does value creative abilities, the individual can use his or her analytical strengths to come up with strategies for improving this weakness. Thus, a central feature of the triarchic theory of successful intelligence is adaptability-both within the individual and within the individual's sociocultural context.

Reviews

[Shakiba Abedzadeh · Rating 5 out of 5]

چالش‌های گودریدز بر مبنای کمیت است. اما به نظرم بخشی از چالشی که هر کسی می‌تواند با روندِ مطالعه‌ی خودش داشته باشد، بر مبنای کیفیت است. خواندنِ این کتاب برای من به همین دلیل به اندازه‌ی شاید ده کتاب ارزشمند بود. اول اینکه در مدتی کمتر از دو ماه یک کتاب 600 صفحه‌ای نسبتاٌ سنگین را به زبان اصلی خواندم. دوم اینکه متوجه‌ی اهمیت نظم و استمرار در روندِ خواندنِ کتاب شدم. در این دو ماه ساعت مخصوصی را (حدود 7:30 صبح تا 9:30) روزانه به مطالعه‌ی کتاب اختصاص دادم. اگر به هر دلیلی موفق به اجرای برنامه نمی‌شدم، ساعاتی از عصر یا آخر هفته را به جبرانِ صفحه‌های باقیمانده اختصاص می‌دادم. هفته‌های آخر به شدت به اجرای هر روزه‌ی برنامه متعهد شده بودم که مجبور نباشم عصر یا جمعه‌ صبح را وقف خواندنِ این کتاب کنم. سوم اینکه بار دیگر به اهمیت انگیزه‌ی درونی در مطالعه پی بردم. در حقیقت این کتاب یکی از منابعِ آزمون کارشناسی ارشدِ علوم شناختی‌ست و من با این هدف آغازش کردم. اما به تدریج آن‌قدر خواندنِ کتاب با کشف و لذت همراه شد که به کلی امتحان را فراموش کردم و برای یادگیری و درکِ دقیق مطلب، مکثِ کافی روی مباحث داشتم. و در آخر اینکه متوجه شدم چه‌طور خواندنِ کتاب به زبانِ اصلی بسیار بسیار و بسیار زیاد به دانشِ زبانی شما می‌افزاید. درکِ مطالب، قدرتِ حدس زدنِ کلمات ناشناخته، فهمِ ساختارِ جمله‌‌ها، افزایش دایره کلمات و همچنین آشنایی با قابلیت‌های زبانِ در خلاقیت و استفاده از طنز و
کنایه. درست مثل خواندنِ کتاب به فارسی، که هر چه بیشتر و متنوع‌تر باشد، دانش ما را گسترده و ما را در استفاده از آن ماهرتر می‌کند.

[زهرا نجاری · Rating 5 out of 5]

اگر به مباحث علوم شناختی علاقه دارید ولی دانش خاصی دربارشون ندارید، این کتاب میتونه شروع خوبی براتون باشه. ۱۴ فصله و در هر فصل راجع به یکی از موضوعات این حوزه صحبت کرده. زبان کتاب میتونه براتون سخت باشه اما طبیعیه چون کتاب تخصصی محسوب میشه. ترجمه رو دوست داشتم. یک جاهایی سخت میشد و ایراداتی داشت اما نسبت به بقیه ی کتابهای تخصصی در همین حوزه، ترجمه ش یک سر و گردن بالاتره

[Geri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Любим дял от психологията. Прекрасен учебник.
Ще си потърся още от Стърнбърг.

[Harneet Kout]

Discuss the information processing and computer simulation approach to
problem solving.

[Amirography · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great and lovely textbook. Though some of the opinions seem old-fashioned and references seem out dated, in some chapters, yet it does a good job to teach the 101 of cognitive psychology.
I rather enjoyed it and I will reread it again, in future.

[Xeon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read and reviewed with Cognitive Psychology 5e by Goldstein and Cognitive Psychology 8e by Eysenck: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Conclusion: Goldstein is a comparable textbook to this, however I prefer Eysenck as it had the amount of depth I was seeking

[Mahshid Parchami · Rating 4 out of 5]

کتاب جامع و مفصلی بود درباره کارکردهای شناختی مغز البته من فصل های حل مساله، خلاقیت و هوش رو کامل خوندم بقیه رو ورق زدم. سر صبر باید کاملتر بخونم.

[Alfrem Edvie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its great

[Kayson Fakhar · Rating 4 out of 5]

فکر نمیکنم بهتر از این تو ایران باشه

[Amirography · Rating 4 out of 5]

ترجمش بد نیست. ساختارای خوبی داره. اما خیلی به روز نیست و خیلی هم عمیق نمی‌شه. با این حال اون چیزیه که باید باشه: یک کتاب درسی.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I happen to find psychology to be a very interesting field. Again this is a required textbook, but glancing though the chapters, I am already finding numerous interesting topics. I think this will be a book that I may want to keep after the course is over.

[Honza Marcinek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knihu by si měl přečíst každý stratég a markeťák, aby podrobněji nahlédl do chování lidí a pochopil, proč a jak se v různých situacích lidé chovají. Díky tomu vás mohou napadnout nové a kreativní způsoby, jak lidem nabídnout služby či produky.

[Görkem Saylam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cognitive Psychology (7e) | Robert J. Sternberg
Scoring Rubric
1: baseline
2: creative contextualization bcs of covering almost all basics in cognitive psychology
1: routine conceptualization bcs of no new holistic comprehension on cognitive psychology
4: total points by 5

[Emm · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bolo to náročné, trvalo to dlho ale ide o super učebnicu. 3,5/5*

[joy can read · Rating 2 out of 5]

ang daming pasikot-sikot, ang hirap maintindihan

[Killjoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

i meaaaan it's aight.
referencam ovu knjigu svaki put kad pisem praktikum, best references. read it too many times da ju ne stavim u procitane knjige

[Alina Gilani · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book is very helpful in reading and very beneficial to increase your knowledge.

[Julius]

Cognitive Psychology

[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book for understanding how the brain works and is developed.

[Maryam · Rating 4 out of 5]

فارسی ش رو برای کنکور دکتری خوندم و انگلیسی ش رو برای آزمون جامع دکتری.