Handbook of Psychology -- Contents -- Handbook of Psychology Preface -- Volume Preface -- Contributors -- Part I Modulatory Processes -- Chapter 1 Consciousness -- Brief History of the Study of Consciousness -- What we have Learned from Measures of Cognitive Functioning -- Neuroscientific Approaches to Consciousness -- Conclusion: The Future of Consciousness -- References -- Chapter 2 Motivation -- Introduction -- Feeding -- Fear Motivation -- Sexual Motivation -- Temperature Motivation -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Affective Influences on Cognition: Mood Congruence, Mood Dependence, and Mood Effects on Processing Strategies -- Introduction -- History and Background -- Mood Congruence -- Mood Dependence -- Mood Effects on Processing Strategies -- Closing Comments -- References -- Part II Sensory Processes -- Chapter 4 Visual Perception: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations -- Theories and Foundational Questions -- Psychophysical Methods -- The "Structure" of the Visual Environment and Perception -- References -- Chapter 5 Audition -- Hearing: Processing Sound Sources -- Sources and Sound: Acoustics -- Auditory Anatomy and Physiology -- Detection -- Discrimination -- Sound-Source Localization -- Sound-Source Perception -- An Overview of the Future Study of Audition -- References -- Chapter 6 Touch -- Introduction -- Touch Defined as an Active, Multisensory System -- The Neurophysiology of Touch -- Sensory Aspects of Touch -- Haptic Perception of Properties of Objects and Surfaces -- Haptic Perception of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Patterns -- Haptic Space Perception -- Multimodal Interactions Involving Touch -- Haptic Memory -- Applications of Research on Touch -- Summary -- References -- Part III Perceptual Processes -- Chapter 7 Visual Object Processing -- Brain Areas Involved in Object Processing.

Perceptual Organization -- Theories of Object Recognition -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Depth Perception and the Perception of Events -- Depth Perception -- Distance Perception -- Event Perception -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 Speech Production and Perception -- Phonological Competence -- Phonological Planning -- Speech Production -- Gestural Targets of Speech Production -- Speech Perception -- Other Stimulus Information for Speech Perception -- Summary -- References -- Part IV Attention and Action Processes -- Chapter 10 Selective Attention -- Early Versus Late Selection -- Sources of Attentional Control -- Attention and Working Memory -- Attention and Consciousness -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11 Action Selection -- Fundamental Issues, Models, and Theories -- Discrete and Continuous Models of Information Processing -- Speed-Accuracy Trade-Off -- Responding to Relevant Stimulus Information -- Correspondence of Irrelevant Stimulus Information -- Multiple Tasks -- Changes in Action Selection with Practice -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 12 Motor Control -- The Problem of Motor Control -- Motor Preparation -- The use of Sensory Information -- Motor Coordination -- Flexibility of Motor Control -- Moving On -- References -- Part V Elementary Learning and Memory Processes -- Chapter 13 Conditioning and Learning -- Empirical Laws of Pavlovian Responding -- Phenomena Involving two Stimuli (Single Cue-Single Outcome) -- Phenomena Involving More than two Stimuli -- Models of Pavlovian Responding (Theory) -- Instrumental Responding -- Summary -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14 Animal Cognition -- What is Animal Cognition? -- Cognitive Processes -- Evolution and Cognition -- References -- Chapter 15 Sensory and Working Memory -- Prolonging the Present: Sensory Memory -- Measuring Sensory Persistence.

The Characteristics of Sensory Persistence -- Summary of Sensory Memory -- Short-Term or Working Memory -- Retrieval of Short-Term Memories -- The Working Memory Model -- Simulation Models of Short-Term Memory -- Conclusions -- References -- Part VI Complex Learning and Memory Processes -- Chapter 16 Semantic Memory and Priming -- Semantic Memory -- Semantic Priming -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 17 Episodic and Autobiographical Memory -- Episodic and Autobiographical Memory -- Episodic Memory -- Autobiographical Memory -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 18 Procedural Memory and Skill Acquisition -- Introduction -- Stages of Skill Acquisition -- Attention and Automaticity -- Attentional Skill -- Implicit Learning -- Procedural Memory -- General Principles of Skill -- Factors Influencing Skill Acquisition -- Individual Differences in Skilled Performance -- Expertise -- Conclusion -- References -- Part VII Language and Information Processing -- Chapter 19 Language Comprehension and Production -- Introduction -- Language Comprehension -- Language Production -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 20 Reading: Word Identification and Eye Movements -- Methods Used to Study Word Identification -- Word Identification -- Sound Coding in Word Identification and Reading -- Eye Movements in Reading -- Word Identification in Context -- Models of Eye Movement Control -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 21 Text Comprehension and Discourse Processing -- A Brief History: Text Comprehension and Discourse Analysis -- Memory and Text Comprehension -- Aspects of Comprehension -- Models of Comprehension -- Models of Knowledge Representation -- Conclusions -- References -- Part VIII Thought Processes -- Chapter 22 Concepts and Categorization -- Introduction -- What are Concepts? -- What do Concepts do for us? -- How are Concepts Represented?.

Category Boundaries -- Theories -- Connecting Concepts -- The Future of Concepts and Categorization -- References -- Chapter 23 Reasoning and Problem Solving -- Reasoning and Problem Solving -- Problem Solving -- Expert Problem Solving and Reasoning -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 24 Judgment and Decision Making -- Introduction -- Judgment Research -- Decision Research -- References -- Part IX Applications -- Chapter 25 Applied Experimental Psychology: Psychological Experimentation Addressing Practical Concerns -- Basic and Applied Research -- Historical Roots of Applied Experimental Psychology -- Examples of Applied Experimental Work -- Future Challenges for Applied Experimental Psychology -- Sources of Additional Information -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.