PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cognitive Revolution, Empiricism, Wilhelm Wundt
Cognitive Psychology
Chapter 1 Introduction
Cognitive Revolution late 1950s, yielded tremendous progress
Cognitive Science interdisciplinary approach, the scientific study of thought, language, and the brain-
the scientific study of the mind
Thinking about Thinking
Cognitive Analysis:
Sensory and Perceptual
Focus eyes on print, Encode and recognize printed
material
Memory and Retrieval
Look up and identify words in memory, Retrieve
word meanings
Comprehension
Combine word meanings to yield sentence meaning,
evaluate sentence meaning, consider alternative
meanings
Judgement and
Decision
Retrieve answer to question, Determine
reasonableness of question, Judge speaker’s itet
and knowledge
Computational
Retrieve factual knowledge, retrieve knowledge of
how to divide and execute procedure
• Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of human mental processes. This includes,
perceiving, remembering, using language, reasoning, and problem solving
• Intuitive analysis indicates that, any mental processes occur automatically
Memory and Cognition Defined
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Document Summary
Cognitive science interdisciplinary approach, the scientific study of thought, language, and the brain- the scientific study of the mind. Sensory and perceptual focus eyes on print, encode and recognize printed material. Look up and identify words in memory, retrieve word meanings. Combine word meanings to yield sentence meaning, evaluate sentence meaning, consider alternative meanings. Retrieve answer to question, determine reasonableness of question, judge speaker"s i(cid:374)te(cid:374)t and knowledge. Retrieve factual knowledge, retrieve knowledge of how to divide and execute procedure: cognitive psychology is the scientific study of human mental processes. This includes, perceiving, remembering, using language, reasoning, and problem solving. Intuitive analysis indicates that, any mental processes occur automatically. Memory the mental processes of acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval and the mental storage system that enables these processes. Cognition the collection of mental processes and activities used in perceiving, remembering, thinking, and understanding, as well as the act of using those processes.
