PSY-235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Psych, Psy, Edward B. Titchener
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2 lecture outline: defining cognitive psychology, history of cognitive psychology, philosophical antecedents, psychological antecedents, cognitive psych, assumptions, analogies, key themes in cognitive psychology. What is cognitive psychology: cognitive psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think. 4 all materials copyright melissa j. loria, 2017. Examples: what is that, concepts: visual perception, knowledge, i don"t remember, concept: memory, i can"t decide, concept: decision making. Psychological antecedents of cognitive psychology: structuralism, building blocks of consciousness, wundt and titchener, functionalism, processes of mind rather than its contents, william james. 7 all materials copyright melissa j. loria, 2017. Psychological antecedents of cognitive psychology: behaviorism, observable behavior, watson and skinner, gestalt psychology, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, wertheimer and k hler. Cognitive psychology: began around 1960, result of, behaviorism criticisms, development of the computer http://www. classiccmp. org/dunfield/nec/h/apc. jpg. Psy: mental processes exist, mental processes can be scientifically studied, humans are active information processors.
