A guide to the core fundamentals of cognitive psychology. It addresses questions about memory, emotion, and language: Can our identity be reduced to our memories? What are emotions for? Are we born with an innate knowledge of language?

Cognitive psychology addresses many fascinating questions about memory, emotion and language:

Can our identity be reduced to our memories?

What are emotions for?

Are we born with an innate knowledge of language?

This introductory text is a concise guide to the core fundamentals of cognitive psychology, rather than an encyclopaedic volume. The authors cover a broad range of topics, using their wealth of teaching experience to select the key theories and most engaging examples. Lively and thought-provoking, this new book conveys the sense of discovery that makes the subject so exciting to study.