Cognitive Psychology

This revised and updated textbook covers the basic principles in the field of behavior analysis and learned behaviors as pioneered by B. F. Skinner to prepare readers to analyze troubling situations, compose behavioral solutions and apply principles effectively. With a strong emphasis on behavioral functions, it covers a range of principles from basic respondent and operant conditioning through applied behavior analysis into cultural design.

This volume describes how well we maintain the knowledge we acquire throughout life. Research traditionally focuses on memory for events that are retained over short time periods that can be accommodated in experiments. This book, by contrast, uniquely describes the evolution of methods suitable for investigating memory of complex knowledge acquired over several years and retained during the entire life-span.

The chapters in this volume document the enduring scientific contributions of William G. Chase to current knowledge and understanding of human expertise and skill acquisition and applications his work has supported. It will be of interest to those researching, studying, and working in the multiple fields that were greatly influenced by Chase's work.

This volume provides a tutorial review and evaluation of scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identification.

It takes the perspective that research on eyewitness identification can be seen as the paradigmatic example of how psychological science can be successfully applied to real-world problems.