PSYB57H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Palt, Memory Span, Working Memory
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Psyb57 chapter 1: the science of the mind. When cognitive psychology was first launched, it was understood as the scientific study of knowledge. Cognitive psychology is sometimes defined as the scientific study of the acquisition, retention, and use of knowledge. Cognitive psychology can help us understand capacities relevant virtually every moment of our lives. Cognitive psychology is roughly 50 years old. For science, we need objective observations, observations that are not based on any point of view or particular description style. An organism"s behaviors must be observable in the right way. Stimuli in the world must be in the same objective category (must be measurable, recordable and comprise of physical events) Learning history should also be objectively recorded and scientifically studied. This led to the behaviorist movement which dominated psychology until the 20th century. The ways people act and feel are guided by how they understand or interpret the situation and not by the objective situation itself.
