Later Developments

Until World War II, psychology was dominated by ____

behaviorism

What could be done with the help of computers by 1950s?

they offered psychologists a powerful tool for theorizing about psychological processes

What did Herbet Simon do?

described how psychological phenomenon could be stimulated by computers

What is the “information-processing model”?

viewing human beings as processors of information

How does human long-term memory work?

humans can store things in long-term memory by using the working memory as a way station

How did modern linguistics influence psychology?

began to theorize about the mental structures used to comprehend and speak a language

What did Noam Chomsky do?

wrote syntactic structures in 1957

What did discoveries about the brain and nervous system reveal?

link between the neurological events and mental processes

Why was Roger Sperry awarded a Nobel Prize in 1981?

for demonstrating the link between specific brain regions and particular thoughts and behavioral processes