PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Episodic Memory
16 Nov 2017
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The scope of cognitive psychology: cognitive psychology was first solely focused on the scientific study of knowledge. Cognitive psychology is around 50 years" old: the cognitive revolution went through changes in the way it emerged. In whole, behaviourists ignores mental entities (beliefs/memories) because they cannot be studied directly and therefore scientifically. The roots of the cognitive revolution: how people act is shaped by how they perceive the situation, how they understand the stimuli, etc. Research in cognitive psychology: the diversity of methods: the next step following a hypothesis is testing the hypothesis by collecting more data, we seek to derive new predictions based on our hypothesis. Working memory: some initial observations: working memory: memory that you use for information that you are actively working on, holding information in an easily accessible form, so that the information is easily available when you need it.
