Cognitive Science

This landmark textbook introduces students to everything that the world?s great thinkers think about thought. Throughout history, different fields of inquiry have attempted to understand the great mystery of mind and answer questions like: What is mind? How does it operate? What is consciousness? Only recently have these efforts in traditional and cutting edge disciplines become more united in their focus. Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Study of Mind is the comprehensive result of the authors' drawing together of this work.   Jay Friedenberg and Gordon Silverman survey significant theoretical models of the human mind from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. They achieve coherence between these different approaches by the use of a parallel structure to organize each chapter and by deploying a common set of themes to explore the different perspectives. The overall approach is multidisciplinary, theoretical, and historical. Other texts on cognitive science are empirical in nature, built around classic experiments illustrating major phenomena in perception, memory, and other areas. This book, by contrast, introduces students to the theoretical models and ideas underlying such empirical work. Experiments are discussed, but primarily to illustrate the specific characteristics of a model.Key Pedagogical Features: - Includes numerous ancillaries to promote its effective use in classroom teaching ? a companion student website at www.sagepub.com/CSstudy featuring online student-friendly exercises, E-flash cards, and interactive quizzes; and an Instructors? CD-ROM with a test bank, chapter outlines, PowerPoint slides, a sample syllabus, and ideas for student projects- After introducing a major perspective, an Evaluating section discusses the strengths and weaknesses of that perspective Thought Balloons in margins fur Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.