History of Cognitive Psychology Flashcards

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Francisus Donders

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Studied reaction time

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Reaction time formula

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choice reaction time - simple reaction time = the time it takes for you to make a decision

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Wilhelm Wundt

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Studied from a structuralist point of view and seeked to create a “periodic table of mental processes”. He would teach subjects about these different mental processes and then present them with a situation and asked them to describe how it made them feel. They were often primed, so this did not work well.

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Analytic introspection

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How Wilhelm Wundt studied his subjects

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William James

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First to study psychology in the US and used functionalism. He often journaled and took note of his own feelings.

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Functionalism

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All mental processes exist to serve one function which defined them.

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John B Watson

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Criticized historical methods and argued that one can only study psychology through observable and measurable methods.

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Behaviorism

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Only observable date can be used

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Black box theory

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Our mind is a “black box”. We can never open it up and see inside what is really happening.

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Black box formula

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Stimulus (impout) –> mind (black box) –> behavior (output)

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Cognitive maps BEHAVIORISM

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Rats were rewarded with food when they turned right so now they will always turn right

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Cognitive maps COGNITIVE

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The rats have created a cognitive map so now they will navigate to where the food is located

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Cognitive revolution

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Seeks to explain behavior in terms of the mind. Marries behavioral and cognitive approaches; uses measurable and observational data, can make inferences about underlying cognition, consider what behavior says about how they mind works.

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Computational approach

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Traces the sequence of mental processes involved

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Thanks to the cognitive revolution, we can assume…

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Mental processes exist, mental processes can be studied, humans are information processors.

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