CiCC - Intro

Cognition

All processes involved in transforming, reducing, elaborating, storing, recovering, and using sensory input.

Introspectionists

Researchers who examine their own conscious thoughts and feelings, often using poor methodology.

Behaviourists

Believers in learning through conditioned interaction with the environment, using strong observable methodology.

Gestalt Theorists

Advocates for studying mental processes as a viable area of research.

Cognitive Psychology

Emerged in the 1950s, comparing the mind to a computer and focusing on mental processes.

Metaphors/Models

Necessary because: scientific theories aim to be refutable, cognition cannot be directly observed, and models can be altered based on data.

Experimental Psychology

Testing models through experiments with large sample sizes of healthy humans.

Computational Psychology

Using computer simulations to study cognitive processes, often involving neural processes.

Cognitive Neuropsychology/(Neuropsychiatry)

Studying the consequences of brain damage through single case studies.

Cognitive Neuroscience

Investigating how the brain implements cognitive functions using scans such as EEGs and fMRIs.