PSYC 2145 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Wilhelm Wundt, Cognitive Psychology, Human Computer
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Study guide for introduction to cognitive psychology: test #1. History: 3 roots of cognitive psychology: (1) philosophy, (2) computers and information theory, (3) biology; Descartes: derived ideas: due to experience, innate ideas: not due to experience, built into us; What is empiricism? (answer: all knowledge is due to experience) associationism? (answer: connection of ideas) Kant"s influence on modern cognitive psychology: we organize what we experience. Wilhelm wundt: (founder of psychology) brought philosophy and physiology together to found psychology. What did he study in the laboratory? (answer: immediate conscious experience) What is introspection? (answer: subject tells researcher what he or she is thinking) Functionalism: influences on americans to develop it: (1) american practicality (2) darwinism; functionalists aimed to explain how behavior aids in survival and adaption. What has been the influence of darwin"s notion of random variation and selection? (answer: used by skinner in operant conditioning; used in some modern theories of creativity);
