Memory 101

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-8261-0924-8
Verlag: Springer Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 341 g

Reihe: The Psych 101 Series

This highly readable foundational text for undergraduates provides an overview of the major theories and research on human memory. Grounded in the premise that all psychological processes depend on memory, and that memory is shaped by how people use it, the authors look at the brain-based memory process and discuss the major theories that have been developed to explain how memory functions.

The book examines memory in everyday life-issues such as memorising facts, when to perform tasks, and remembering life's events-and addresses such intriguing and controversial topics as repressed and recovered memories, using memory in legal testimony, cases of amnesia, and cases of super-memory. It also describes the effects of remembering traumatic events and explores the myths and realities surrounding memory loss. This text, presented in a manner that is scientifically sound yet entertaining, will serve as a valuable, concise introduction for undergraduate students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lampinen, James Michael

Beike, Denise R.

Über Autor(innen)

James M. Lampinen, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology and director of the Law and Psychology Lab at the University of Arkansas, USA. He received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology in 1996 and his doctoral research focused on the subjective experience of false memories for stories, words and events. During the past 15 years Dr. Lampinen has published more than 45 articles and book chapters dealing primarily with false memories, eyewitness testimony, and other legally relevant uses of memory. More recently, he has focused on applying research on prospective memory to the problem of finding missing and wanted persons. Dr. Lampinen has co-edited two volumes, served as lead author of the book The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification (2010) and is currently completing a trade book for the University of Arkansas Press entitled Missing in America, which deals with the problems associated with missing persons cases.

Denise R. Beike is Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate Training in Experimental Psychology at the University of Arkansas, USA. She is the author of 23 book chapters and articles and the co-editor (with Jim Lampinen) of The Self and Memory (2004). She studies autobiographical memory, the self-concept, regret, and false secondary confessions. Her research has been reported on television in the U.S. and Canada, and in newspapers and magazines including Psychology Today.