Reviews for Representing the Passions: Histories, Bodies, Visions

The average rating for Representing the Passions: Histories, Bodies, Visions based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-11-06 00:00:00 Sandra Fauna Written comprehensively by a large number of psychology lecturers (nine in total), An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology provides its reader with a complete overview of its field. At times, the text might be a bit dry, but the content itself is highly informative, and clearly structured. This book actually gives quite a number of details on various cognitive psychology topics for 'just' an introductory book, but it makes sure not to venture too far, which makes it still easily readable and useable for beginners. I thought it to be a fun and interesting read for undergraduates, and it can also serve as reference. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology contains chapters on the following topics: perception, attention, memory, problem-solving and reasoning, language, plus chapters with disorders on all the aforementioned subjects, and last but not least, a chapter on computational models of cognition. There's also a glossary in the back, which can be extra useful to beginners, and an aid in preparing for exams. As said before, this is a complete and comprehensive guide to the basics and main topics of cognitive psychology, and best suited for undergraduate students. It's not an entirely engaging text, but still easy to read and to use thanks to its structure and informative nature.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-08-11 00:00:00 Theresa Gates Really great introduction to the weird and wonderful world of how our brains work. This one specialises in my area of interest, disorders, and is organised in such a way as to group the relevant topics'perception, memory, emotion, etc'with the attendant disorders that arise from that particular brain malfunction. Highly recommended for cognitive psychology/psychopathology nerds, such as myself.