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An introduction to cognitive psychology, focusing on the mental processes and activities involved in perceiving, remembering, thinking, and understanding. It also covers the concept of memory as the mental process of acquiring and retaining information. Various approaches in cognitive psychology, including reductionism and ecological validity, and the history of cognitive psychology with key figures such as wilhelm wundt and edward titchener. It also covers the assumptions and criticisms of cognitive psychology, measuring information processing, and the strict information processing approach.
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Chapter 1 Cognition: The collection of mental processes and activities used in: Perceiving Remembering Thinking Understanding Also the act of using these processes Memory: The mental process of acquiring and retaining information for later retrieval The mental storage system that enables these processes Reductionism Approach: Attempting to understand complex events by breaking them down into components. Ecological Validity: generalizability to real-world situations. History of Cognitive Psychology Wilhelm Wundt: German physiologist Edward Titchner: 1 st^ School of Thought--Structuralism History of Cognitive Psychology –The Effects of Behaviorism John Watson: Founder of Behaviorism Observable Behaviors No Mental Processes What were some challenges to behaviorism? Assumptions in cognitive psychology: Mental Processes Exist Mental Processes Can be Scientifically Studied Humans are Active Information Processors
Criticisms of cognitive psychology? Measuring Information Processing 4 types of measures used in cognitive science: