PSYC 2650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-8: Binding Problem, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Tachistoscope
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What is cognitive psychology: cognitive psychology = the scientific study of human mental processes, a field that is about how we think, rather than what we think. Perceiving, attending, remembering, using language, reasoning, solving problems, imagining. All of those processes that allow us to perceive and process information from the outside world. May be conscious, but a lot of it is unconscious: eg: understanding a story or conversation. Betsy wanted to bring jacob a present. Introspection the process through which one looks within to observe and record the contents of one"s own mental life. The history of cognitive psychology: introspection: problems with introspection: Much of mental activity is unconscious and not available to the method of introspection. Claims derived from introspection are subjective and not testable. The desire to be more scientific led to changes in psychology during the first half of the twentieth century. The focus switched to stimuli and behaviours that could be objectively studied.
