History of Cognitive Psychology
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An analysis of the history of cognitive psychology. Including key ideas, contributors, trends, etc.
History of Cognitive Psychology According to G. Miller of Princeton University, cognitive psychology is an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes. So, “since the beginning of experimental psychology in the nineteenth century, there had been interest in the study of higher mental processes. But something discontinuous happened in the late 1950s, something so dramatic that it is now referred to as the ‘cognitive revolution,’ and the view of mental processes that it spawned is called ‘cognitive psychology.’ What happened was that American psychologists rejected behaviorism and adopted a model of mind based on the computer” (McClelland, 2001).
“Cognitive Psychology has at least three different meanings. First, the term refers to ‘a simple collection of topic areas,’ that is, of behaviorally observable or theoretically proposed phenomena that are studied within the boundaries of the field of Cognitive Psychology. Second, the term alludes to the fact that cognitive psychologists attempt to explain intelligent human behavior by reference to a cognitive system that intervenes between environmental input and behavior. The second meaning of Cognitive Psychology thus refers to a set of assumptions governing the operations of the proposed cognitive system. Third, Cognitive Psychology means a particular methodological approach to studying, that is, to empirically addressing potential explanations of human behavior” (McClelland, 2001).
Basic history of cognitive psychology has been found by an unknown author while searching the term ‘contribution cognitive psychology’:
Cognitive psychology dates back to the Greek Philosopher time in the 4th and 5th Century BC. Two in particular were Plato & Aristotle. These philosophers began to consider questions about perception, memory, and even thought process. Plato was the rationalist who
An analysis of the history of cognitive psychology. Including key ideas, contributors, trends, etc.
History of Cognitive Psychology According to G. Miller of Princeton University, cognitive psychology is an approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes. So, “since the beginning of experimental psychology in the nineteenth century, there had been interest in the study of higher mental processes. But something discontinuous happened in the late 1950s, something so dramatic that it is now referred to as the ‘cognitive revolution,’ and the view of mental processes that it spawned is called ‘cognitive psychology.’ What happened was that American psychologists rejected behaviorism and adopted a model of mind based on the computer” (McClelland, 2001).
“Cognitive Psychology has at least three different meanings. First, the term refers to ‘a simple collection of topic areas,’ that is, of behaviorally observable or theoretically proposed phenomena that are studied within the boundaries of the field of Cognitive Psychology. Second, the term alludes to the fact that cognitive psychologists attempt to explain intelligent human behavior by reference to a cognitive system that intervenes between environmental input and behavior. The second meaning of Cognitive Psychology thus refers to a set of assumptions governing the operations of the proposed cognitive system. Third, Cognitive Psychology means a particular methodological approach to studying, that is, to empirically addressing potential explanations of human behavior” (McClelland, 2001).
Basic history of cognitive psychology has been found by an unknown author while searching the term ‘contribution cognitive psychology’:
Cognitive psychology dates back to the Greek Philosopher time in the 4th and 5th Century BC. Two in particular were Plato & Aristotle. These philosophers began to consider questions about perception, memory, and even thought process. Plato was the rationalist who
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