PSYC 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Colin Cherry, Logic Theorist, Model Car
12 Feb 2017
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Cognitive psychology branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind: study of how the mind achieves what it does. The term mind can be thought about in a number of different ways. Studying the mind: early work in cognitive psychology. I(cid:374) the (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s stud(cid:455) of the (cid:373)i(cid:374)d (cid:449)as (cid:272)riti(cid:272)ized (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause properties of the mind cannot be measured. Fro(cid:373) the e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, do(cid:374)der"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)luded that decision time was 1/10th of a second by subtracting the time it took for the tasks in both experiments. Showed that mental responses cannot be measured directly and must be inferred from behavior. Requires extensive training: although analytic introspection approach was weak and abandoned quickly, it contributed to psychology because it introduced the idea of studying behavior and the mind under controlled conditions. Savings = (original time to learn list) (time to relearn list after delay: results: Important because showed that memory can be quantified.
