Perception Through Experience Contributor(s): Vernon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138203572 ISBN-13: 9781138203570 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Psychology | Developmental - Child |
Series: Psychology Library Editions: Perception |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.14 lbs) 314 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The term 'visual perception' covers a very wide range of psychological functions. This title, originally published in 1970, which provides a broad survey of this vast field of knowledge, would have proved a valuable general account for students taking degree courses in psychology at the time. Professor Vernon examines a large number of experiments carried out over the previous twenty years, their findings, the conclusions drawn from them, and - equally important - the still unanswered questions which some of them raised. As the title suggests, Professor Vernon considers that - while much knowledge of the simpler perceptual processes had been gained in laboratory experiments - perhaps too little investigation had been undertaken into the more complex processes which normally determine understanding of and response to environment: the processes of identification and classification that depend to a considerable extent on learning, memory, attention, reasoning and language. An extensive bibliography is provided. |