[PSYC 427] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (11 pages long)

• School: Xavier University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 427
• Professor: Dulaney Cynthia

Document Summary

Study guide: synonym for cognition, particular theoretical approach to psychology, cognition occupies a major portion of human psychology, widespread influence on other areas of psychology, help understand the abilities that provide you with a rich internal mental life. Research goal of cognitive psychology: to specify how each process is organized and coordinated by the mind. Cognition: mental activity; refers to the acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge. Cognitive approach: a theoretical orientation that emphasizes people"s thought processes and their knowledge. Aristotle emphasized empirical evidence: scientific evidence obtained by careful observation and experimentation. Others consider wilhelm wundt = founder of experimental psychology. Hermann ebbinghaus: german psychologist interested in human memory; studied the influence of factors on performance for memory tasks. Mary whiton calkins: u. s. psychologist that discovered the recency effect: the observation that our recall is especially accurate for the final items in a series of stimuli. William james: u. s. psychologist who published a textbook called principles of psychology.