I would look for something by Elizabeth Loftus for memory. Lenore Frigo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shasta College 11555 Old Oregon Trail Redding, CA 96003
"Doug Wallen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:17400@;tips... > > 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]
