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Cognitive Psychology Chapter I (1-8) Part 1

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This deck covers key concepts and historical figures in cognitive psychology, focusing on definitions, areas of study, and philosophical influences.

Definition of cognitive psychology:

The science of mental functions (implies empirical research)
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Key Terms

Term
Definition
Definition of cognitive psychology:
The science of mental functions (implies empirical research)
Areas of cog psy:
Perception, attention, action, thinking, reasoning, memory, problem solving, decision making, language
What was passed down from behaviorism to cognitive psychology?
Very rigor empirical methods.
Cognitive Psychology as it is defined in the book:
Cognitive Psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember and think about information.
The progression of ideas often invloves a dialectic. What is meant by dialectic?
A developmental process: Thesis - Antithesis - Synthesis
The dialectical progress of ideas was first described by …
Hegel (1770 - 1831)

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TermDefinition
Definition of cognitive psychology:
The science of mental functions (implies empirical research)
Areas of cog psy:
Perception, attention, action, thinking, reasoning, memory, problem solving, decision making, language
What was passed down from behaviorism to cognitive psychology?
Very rigor empirical methods.
Cognitive Psychology as it is defined in the book:
Cognitive Psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember and think about information.
The progression of ideas often invloves a dialectic. What is meant by dialectic?
A developmental process: Thesis - Antithesis - Synthesis
The dialectical progress of ideas was first described by …
Hegel (1770 - 1831)
A rationalist believes …
… that the route to knowledge is through logical analysis.
A empiricist believes …
… that we acquire knowledge via empirical evidence.
A famous French rationalist:
René Descartes (1596 - 1650)
A famous British empiricist:
John Locke (1632 - 1704)
Locke’s tabula rasa stands for which believe?
Humans are born without knowledge and therefore must seek knowledge through empirical observation.
Who synthesized Locke’s empiricism and Descartes rationalism?
Kant (1724 - 1804)
An example of an early dialectic in the history of psychology:
Structuralism vs. Functionalism
A famous proponent of Structuralism:
Wilhelm Wundt (1832 - 1920)
One of the methods Wundt used in his research:
Introspection