Contemporary Psychology and the Cognitive Revolution (Key Concepts)

Contemporary Psychology

• Cognitive revolution began in the 1960s

• Emerged in parallel with humanistic psychology

• Psychology as the science of behavior and mental processes

• Roots in many disciplines and countries; globalizing

Cognitive psychology

• Study of mental processes: perception, learning, memory, thinking, communication, and problem solving

Cognitive Neuroscience

• Interdisciplinary study of brain mechanisms linked to cognition

• Includes perception, thinking, memory, and language

Cross-cultural and gender psychology

• Cross-cultural psychology studies how cultural factors influence behavior and mental processes

• Gender psychology examines how gender impacts cognition, behavior, and psychology

• Emphasizes culture and diversity in psychological research