Psychology 2135A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Psychology, Working Memory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2135A/B
• Professor: Marcie Penner- Wilger

Document Summary

Disappointment: cannot inform us about unconscious mental events; claims rooted in introspection are often untestable. Rejected introspection (the examination or observation of one"s own mental and emotional processes) Only speak of mechanisms and processes that were objective & for all to observe. Thinking, behaviour, & feelings are shaped by our perception or understanding of events we experience. To behaviorists, the mind is a black box. in science and engineering, the term black box refers to any complex device for which we know the inputs and outputs, but not the inner workings.