Cognitive Psychology
What is Cognitive Psychology ?
emphasizes our thought processes and knowledge
Who is the early researcher?
1.Hermann Ebbinghaus
2.Mary Whiton Calkins
3.William James
Who are famous behaviorists
John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner
When was it birth ?
Birth in 1956
What is the difference between Distal stimuli and Proximal stimulus?
Distal stimuli – actual object that is in the
environment
– Dust ball in the corner
• Proximal stimulus – information registered on
sensory receptors
Define Cognition?
how we acquire, store, transform, and use knowledge
Give one example of a nonsense syllable
Tuv
What does behaviorism focus on ?
What we see people do or what can be observed
Why did congnitive psychology become popular?
Because behaviorism can not explain complex behaviors
What does the visual system study?
How we see and recognize objects?
Why is learning about cognition important ?
It a part of everything you do
What did hermann use as a research subject?
Himself
When did behaviorism dominate the us?
1sthalf of 20th century
What area of the mind did cognitive psychology talks about?
Memory and knowledge
Where is the proximal stimulus located
On the back of the eye