Cognition: The Thinking Animal

by Daniel T. Willingham

Book Overview

By describing experiments that control, manipulate and measure mental processes, this book shows how we can discover the answers to key questions about the mind, such as: 'Can we focus attention on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130286990
• ISBN13: 9780130286994
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 604 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The book is very handy

This book is very handy to have because it goes into detail about the subject that is being studied. It illustrates examples which are very good and when seeing the example you could grasp the concept more of what the subject it about.

The Easiest to Read and Understand Required Text Ever!

If you actually have interest in the subject - this book is very easy to follow and understand. There are great 'real-life' examples for everything and questions (with answers in the back) at the end of every section so you can test yourself. The writing style is pretty casual (which is what separates it from many other books on the topic) and I also noticed a few minor spelling and grammatical errors - but nothing that disrupts the reading or understanding, provided your reading level is at or above 5th grade.

Outstanding cognitive psychology textbook

Before selecting a textbook for my cognitive psychology course, I read sections of many of the textbooks available. The Willingham textbook was by far the most readable and engaging. The students' evaluations confirmed my opinion; the vast majority loved the book. I had the same result in two different semester with about 100 students per semester. I'm using the second edition next semester.

Good, for a text book

Most psychology text books I've had to read have been a pain, but I found this one pretty easy to read and understand. (I think maybe the guys from UVA with the prof. that wrote this book must have a personal agenda...) But, that's just my opinion. Not that most of us have a choice in reading text books...