PSYB57H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Spatial Memory, Immanuel Kant, Verbal Memory
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Dwayne e. pare - lecture 2 (january 14th 2012) Research in cognitive psychology: an example working memory. The scope of cognitive psychology betsy wanted to bring jacob a paper. Unable to form new memories could not grieve for a dead uncle had little sense of himself. Wundt and his student titchener began the study of experimental psychology in the late 1800s. Problems with introspection : thoughts are not directly observable , impossible to test objectively, you need to be trained. Behaviorism overcame the limitations posed by introspection : it focused on observable behaviors. Behaviorism uncovered principles of how behavior changes in response to stimuli, such as rewards and punishments. Stimulus-response accounts are not enough not everyone act the same way. Behavior has a mental cause- we cant reply on objective causes. My food would be more palatable with sodium chloride crystals: same stimulus elicits a different behavior.
