Cognitive Psychology: Introduction, Cognitive approach

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5 periods of the cognitive approach

  1. introspectionism

  2. psychoanalysis

  3. behaviorism

  4. cognitive psychology

  5. behavioral economics

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Introspectionism

Founded by Wilhelm Wundt the father of psychology

Intro means within while spection means looking

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Psychoanalysis

Founded by Sigmund Freud, theorized the 3 levels of the mind. Unconscious, subconscious, conscious. Also developed other concepts

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Behaviorism

Founded by B.F. Skinner from the study of Ivan Pavlov’s classical conditioning

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Cognitive Psychology

The scientific study of mental processes, one of the prominent in this field is Albert Bandura

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Behavioral Economics

the field of understanding why people do things financially that may be irrational

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Cognition

the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses

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Principles of Cognitive Psychology

  1. Humans are information processors.

  2. Humans are cognitive misers.

  3. Mental processes can be studied scientifically.

  4. Mental representations guide behavior.

  5. Cognitive processes do not function in isolation.

  6. Biases in cognitive processes can be systematic and predictable.

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