PSYC 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Radical Behaviorism, Behavioral Neuroscience, Neuropsychology

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 221
• Professor: Thomas Spalek

Document Summary

Cognitive psychology: the scientiic study of human memory and mental processes, including such activities as perceiving, remembering, using language, reasoning and solving problems. Cognitive psychology has largely accepted empirical, scientiic approaches to the study of mind and behavior. They view philosophical approaches skeptically, until tested in empirical research. Central feature of modern cognitive psychology is its allegiance to objective, empirical methods of investigation: experimentalists. Cognitive sciences: a new term designating the study of cognition from the multiple standpoints of psychology, linguistics, computer science, and neuroscience o. Psychology has a long tradition of inluencing educational practice. Even ields like medicine, law, economics and business are incorporating some of cognitive psychology"s indings. Human memory is the most highly sophisticated, lexible and eicient computer available today. Evidence suggests that cognitive psychology remains the most prominent school of thought in modern psychology. Mental processes can occur with very little conscious awareness: especially if one received a great deal of practice, like reading.