Description

Abnormal behavior is behavior that deviates from what is expected and normal. The study of abnormal behavior is called abnormal psychology. Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking". Much of the work derived from cognitive psychology has been integrated into various other modern disciplines of psychological study, including educational psychology, social psychology, personality psychology, abnormal psychology, developmental psychology, and economics. Within the framework of neurosciences and cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience addresses the decoding of the cerebral bases of cognitive functioning. It is largely devoted to the organization of the nervous system, in order to facilitate the understanding of models of cognitive functioning in terms of perception, memory, language, and attention. Methods employed in cognitive neuroscience include experimental procedures from psychophysics and cognitive psychology, functional neuroimaging, electrophysiology, cognitive genomics, and behavioral genetics. This book is an introduction for students studying abnormal psychology in psychology, nursing, or social and behavioral sciences.