PSY 265 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Psy, Edward B. Titchener, Cognitive Revolution
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This text concerns human memory and cognition, as well as the scientific study of them. One of the most important questions of all time: how do people think? . Cognitive psychology is the scientific approach to memory and thought. The cognitive revolution occurred in the late 1950"s. Cognitive science is the scientific study of thought, language, and the brain in short, the scientific study of the mind. It is an interdisciplinary approach that involves linguistics, computer science, and neurosciences. This text aims for three things: telling us what has been discovered about human memory and cognition, and sharing the insights those discoveries provide about human thought, describing how cognitive psychology has made these discoveries. Illustrating the prevalence of cognitive psychology and its impact on fields outside of psychology. Cognitive psychology is the most prominent school of thought in psychology (robins, gosling, & craik, Focus eyes on print; (topic: visual perception, sensory memory)
