I would recommend "The Design of Everyday Things." It's about taking human cognition into account when designing products. A very smart and entertaining read, and a natural for writing assignments: have students pick a building, computer program, whatever and deconstruct it according to the book.
********************** Robin Pearce Abrahams Boston University [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Doug Wallen wrote: > Dear TIPS members > > Since I have been unable to find a standard cognitive text that might be > appropriate for a sophomore level course that assumes little background in > psychology, let me ask about a different alternative. Suppose I could find > several short paperbacks that covered different aspects of psychology from a > cognitive perspective and assembled a course around their contents. > > For example, if Gregory's "Eye and Brain" is still in print it would cover > perception nicely, and perhaps Stanovich's "How to Think Straight about > Psychology" would do for critical thinking. > > If anyone knows of interesting introductory level paperbacks covering other > areas such as attention, pattern recognition, social cognition, decision > making, problem solving, cognitive neuroscience, etc., please offer > suggestions. I suspect others on the list might find some of them > interesting as well. > > Thanks for your help. > -- > Doug Wallen, Psychology Dept. (507) 389-5818 > Minnesota State University, Mankato [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 23 Armstrong Hall > Mankato, MN 56001 > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
