This core text for undergraduate courses in Cognitive Psychology provides a rich historical context for current research, covering the breadth of the field in an engaging, straightforward, and easy-to-read style. Even difficult concepts are presented clearly. Navigating theoretical controversies without bias, Cognition, Third Edition, provides exceptional depth of analysis and a strong sense of the field's dynamism. Hundreds of updates and new references have been added to this edition, and full chapters on personal cognition and applied cognitive psychology provide details on research areas of special interest to students, such as autobiographical memory and successful learning strategies.