PSYC 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Behaviorism
6 Feb 2018
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Study of the mind or active thinking. From early philosophy to experimental psychology to the birth of cognition psychology of. Greek philosophers were the first how mind and thinking were linked to mental processes. First ever philosopher to consider the human mind. We use logic to understand the world. The world is a reflection of our reality. Rationalism view: knowledge comes from observations but is mostly a prior. He was thinking that our thoughts are a reflection of our observations. He expressed the expression of empiricism were all knowledge in his opinion came from observations. The 2 different views of aristotle and plato are key debates. The link between philosophy and cognition: studying philosophy : asking questions about how and why we think, studying cognition: gathering evidence to support the answers, structuralism. Focused on identifying the basic building blocks of the conscious experience with analytic introspection. Emphasized systematic, controlled observation for understanding the structure of the mind.
