Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology



Cognitive Psychology

Cognition can be considered the mental process that takes place among the antecedent and the behavior. Given that these processes cannot be quantified? cognitive psychologists use behavioral studies? most times in the usage of carrying out tasks? to calculate an individual's performance in particular situations helping the understanding of the mental process. (Demetriou 2010) From Classical conditioning? Operant conditioning? even to Experimental cognitive psychology. These all and some play a part in the what? where? and how of cognitive psychology. (Overskeid 1995) Cognitive Psychology is when an individual faces a problem? they may not know its solution? but might have insight? increasing knowledge? and a notion of what they are looking for. When an individual faces a mystery? however? they might only be able to stare in wonder and puzzlement? not knowing what an explanation would even look like. (Overskeid 1995)

Many theories have been projected over the years to explain the developmental changes that persons know-how over the route of their lives. These theories alter in the beliefs of human environment they adopt and in what they address to be the essential causes and means of human inspiration and behavior. Cognitive psychology has had many stemmed milestones and has become one of the major schools of thought within psychology which examines internal mental processes such as problem solving? memory? and language? studying how people think? perceive? remember? learn? and then behave. In the late 19th century numerous psychologists became more and more enthralled in cognition. (Chunk 2008)

The fascination with cognition began to elaborate and cognition became an extreme inspiration inside psychology being called the cognitive revolution then nominated the title of cognitive psychology. (Overskeid 1995) Milestones within the development of cognitive psychology could start with the name Wilhelm Wundt a psychologist who was one of the firsts to recognize the discipline of psychology in his laboratory which was started in the late 18th century. Wundt believed that psychology was rooted on the observation of experience (structuralism)? which he planned to portray in a table of the mind? similar to the periodic table. Wundt was disputed by a psychologist named William James who believed that mental processes must have a purpose? in other words? the adjustment of individuals to their environment (functionalism). He also later played a part in the James-Lange Theory? which states that individuals feel an emotion because of the action in which they select to engage. After Wundt's structuralism and James' functionalism a theorist named John Watson emerged and challenged their theories by his own belief which was named behaviorism. (Demetriou 2010)

Behaviorism can be defined as what an individual is doing? or is observed by another individual to be doing (Overskeid? 1995). Watson's theory outlined as this? first observe the individuals behavior and make guesses or assumptions? then determine underlying relations between the stimuli and response. Watson believed that a stimuli and response can be interchangeable. (Overskeid 1995) After Watson's theories of behaviorism? behaviorism began to deteriorate and an alternate was initiated to analyze ...