PS260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Edward B. Titchener, Wilhelm Wundt, Cognitive Neuroscience
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The scope of cognitive psychology (intro + chapter 1) Cognitive neuroscience: the effort toward understanding our mental functioning by close study of the brain and nervous system. Clinical amnesia: cases in which someone, because of brain damage, has lost the ability to remember certain materials. (provides us with key insights into what memory is for) Cognitive psychology: the scientific study of the acquisition, retention, and use of knowledge. Wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) with his student edward titchener, launched a new research enterprise. Their view: psychology needed to focus largely on the study of conscious mental events (feelings, thoughts, perceptions, and recollections. Introspection: or to look within, to observe and record the content of our own mental lives and the sequence of our own experiences. The behaviourist theory: was concerned with how behaviour changes in response to various stimuli. You can watch my actions, and so can anyone else.
