Glenda Andrews & Graeme S. Halford 
Categorizing Cognition [PDF ebook] 
Toward Conceptual Coherence in the Foundations of Psychology

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A proposal for a categorization of cognition based on core properties of the constituent processes that integrates theory and empirical findings across domains.All sciences need ways to classify the phenomena they investigate; chemistry has the periodic table and biology a taxonomic system for classifying life forms. These classification schemes depend on conceptual coherence, demonstrated correspondences across paradigms. This conceptual coherence has proved elusive in psychology, although recent advances have brought the field to the point at which it is possible to define the type of classificatory system needed. This book proposes a categorization of cognition based on core properties of constituent processes, recognizing correspondences between cognitive processes with similar underlying structure but different surface properties. These correspondences are verified mathematically and shown not to be merely coincidental.The proposed formulation leads to general principles that transcend domains and paradigms and facilitate the interpretation of empirical findings. It covers human and nonhuman cognition and human cognition in all age ranges. Just as the periodic table classifies elements and not compounds, this system classifies relatively basic versions of cognitive tasks but allows for complexity. The book shows that a more integrated, coherent account of cognition would have many benefits. It would reduce the conceptual fragmentation of psychology; offer defined criteria by which to categorize new empirical results; and lead to fruitful hypotheses for the acquisition of higher cognition.

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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 376 ● ISBN 9780262320702 ● Casa editrice The MIT Press ● Pubblicato 2014 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 4853674 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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