Foundations of Cognitive Psychology: Preface - Preface

Foils, 326
Forces of attraction, 228
Foresight, 621
Forgetting, 296, 298–299, 311–312, 314, 324,
343–349, 350
Formal modeling, 622–623
Frame, 61
Framing effect, 605–609
Free recall tests, 315
Frequency detector, 455–457
Frequency proximity, 236
Frontal lobes, 769–770, 833
F-test, 127
Function, biological, 650–651
Functionalism, 9, 110
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI),
841, 845, 848–849

G(general)factor,784
Gambler’s fallacy, 589, 628
Ganglion retinal cells, 142
Gedanken experiment, 96
Generalizability, 118
Geons, 178
Gestalt
principles of grouping, 162, 193–200, 203, 206,
222, 224, 227–228, 230–233, 247, 512 (seealso
Proximal stimulus; Proximity model)
psychology, 146, 214, 237, 242, 399
Gibson’s ecological optics, 147
Gist, 298–300, 321
Good continuation, 194, 206
Gradient of size, 505
Grasping, 58
Grice, H. P., 723–732.SeealsoConversational
implicature; Maxims; Obscurity of statement
Grouping-by-attraction, 234
Guided search, 154

Habituation, 244
Hallucinations, 142
Harmony, 237
Hebb, Donald O., 83–84, 87, 831–839
rule, 84, 87
synapse, 831, 836
Hebb-Williams maze, 834
Hedges, 262
Hemholtz, Hermann von, 145, 504, 512
Hereditarian theory, 779, 794, 797–799, 808
Hermann grid, 142
Heuristic, 237, 585–600
adjustment and anchoring, 594–595
availability, 592
old-plus-new, 223
representativenes, 585–591
rules, 585
Higher-level cognitive processes, 136

Horizontal dimension of category systems, 253

Human genome, 848

Human subjects, 125

Hyperbole, 728

Hypnosis, 337

Hypothesis-driven processing, 140, 176–177,

408

Idealism, 6

Idiomaticity, 747

Idioms, 733–747

Idiot savants, 536, 570, 572, 763

Illusion, 139, 142–143, 225, 401.Seealso

Ambiguity

of continuity, 225, 234, 246

duck/rabbit, 140–141

Ebbinghaus, 144

geometrical optical, 142

impossible figures, 164

misassignment, 225

Mu ̈ller-Lyer, 144

Necker cube, 140–141

perceptual, 139

Poggendorf, 144

Ponzo, 170–171

top hat, 144

of validity, 590

vase/faces, 140–141

Zo ̈llner, 144

Illusory conjunctions, 156–158, 373, 400, 402,

408, 410

Illusory correlation, 594

Imagery, 258

Imitation game, 35

Implicit knowledge, 464

Impossible figures, 164

Independent groups design, 123

Independent variable, 117

Indeterminacy, 634

Induced motion, 163

Infant perception of musical structure, 122

Inference, 145

Information-processing theory, 553, 667, 784,

788, 819

Informed consent, 125

Inheritance, 640

Inhibition

between-level, 71

competitive, 71

Inner ear, 218

Inspection time task, 785–786

Intellect, 849

Intelligence, 448, 520–522, 833.SeealsoIQ test;

Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT); Wechsler

adults intelligence scales (WAIS); Wechsler

intelligence scales for children (WISC)

assessment, 774–775

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