Background
Neisser, Ulric was born on December 8, 1928 in Kiel, Germany. Son of Hans Philip and Charlotte (Schroeter) Neisser. came to the United States, 1933.
( Memory Observed brings together classic and contempo...)
Memory Observed brings together classic and contemporary essays to explore the processes of memory in real-life contexts. Covering such issues as childhood recollections, eyewitness testimony, special memory feats, and memories of famous individuals, the writings support the authors' thesis that understanding how human memory works requires greater emphasis on everyday situations and less on controlled laboratory experiments. The much-anticipated new edition has been thoroughly updated with over 40% new essays, increased coverage of early childhood memories and memories of traumatic events, and an expanded introductory section. Neisser offers a thought-provoking supplement for courses in memory, learning and cognition.
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(Cognition and reality presents a systematic, ecologically...)
Cognition and reality presents a systematic, ecologically oriented approach to the cognitive processes, which are treated as skilled and continuing interactions with the environment. Such topics as perception, attention, memory, speech, and introspection are considered in the light of everyday experience as well as experimental research. Contemporary theories of information processing and information pickup are reviewed and criticized, and a conceptual scheme is developed that deals not only with the acquisition of information but its effect on the perceiving individual. "Perception," writes Ulric Neisser, " is surely a matter of discovering what the environment is like and adapting to it." This new scheme has implications for many traditional problems not encompassed by other theories of cognition, including the perception of meaning, the development of individual identity, and the possibility of predicting or controlling human behavior. Readers need no previous training in psychology to understand this book, so it can be used as supplementary reading for courses in introductory psychology, cognition, human thinking, and the psychology of consciousness. --- from book's back cover
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Neisser, Ulric was born on December 8, 1928 in Kiel, Germany. Son of Hans Philip and Charlotte (Schroeter) Neisser. came to the United States, 1933.
Bachelor, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1956. Master of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1952.
Laurea Honoris Causa, University Rome, 1988. Laurea Honoris Causa, University Aarhus, Denmark, 1993. Laurea Honoris Causa, University Cluj, Romania, 1994.
Instructor, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1953-1954; instructor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1957; from assistant to associate professor, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1957-1966; professor psychology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1967-1980; Susan Linn Sage professor psychology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1980-1983; Robert W. Woodruff professor psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, 1983-1996; professor psychology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1996.
(Cognition and reality presents a systematic, ecologically...)
( Memory Observed brings together classic and contempo...)
Fellow American Psychological Association. Member National Academy of Sciences, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Cognitive Science Society, International Society Ecological Psychology, Psychonomic Society.