PSY270H5 Lecture Notes - Edward Thorndike, Wilhelm Wundt, Joseph Breuer
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Understand the influences that led to the emergence of cognitive psychology. Introduce the recurring themes in cognitive psychology and this course. Things that go on in the mind, that aren"t social or emotional. Concerned with how people think and learn, remember (and forget), speak, read, write, pay attention, solve problems, and make decisions . Cognitive psychology shares common interests with other areas of psychology and vice versa. Social cognition: how we think of our self and others. Cognitive ergonomics: user interface, how does our mind work, how we can make products that are user friendly. Wilhelm wundt & structutalism: content of the mind (1832-1920) The first psychologist who was happy calling himself a psychologist. Structuralist are interested in the structure of the mind> what is it that we see/hear/touch. Structuralism was the first school of thought in psychology. Investigated the elements of thought via analytic introspection: observing your own sensation. Developed some of the first ideas about:
