Cognition Textbook Ch 1

introspection

the process of which one “looks within” to observe and record the contents of one’s mental life

behaviorist movement

methodological perspective that dominated American psych for a long time. Emphasized broad principles concerned with how behavior changes.

transcendental method

theorizing proposed by Immanuel Kant. An investigator observes effects of a process, then asks “what must the process have been to cause these effects?”

response time

amount of time (usually ms) needed for a person to respond to a specific event

cognitive neuroscience

the effort toward understanding human mental functioning through close study of the brain and nervous system

clinical neuropsychology

study of brain function that uses cases in which damage or illness has disrupted the working of sane brain structures

neuroimaging techniques

non-invasive methods for examining either the structure or the activation pattern within the living brain