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Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology. Is it what Psychology is mostly about?. Lucie Johnson 12/4/02. What does Cognitive Psychology do?. It asks the question: how do we think, reason, know, learn?

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Cognitive Psychology

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  1. Cognitive Psychology Is it what Psychology is mostly about? Lucie Johnson 12/4/02

  2. What does Cognitive Psychology do? • It asks the question: how do we think, reason, know, learn? • It is a fundamental question of Psychology --which is probably why there is no specific division of Cognitive Psychology

  3. Then why are we having a separate chapter on this? • Wundt’s structuralism, James’ functionalism fell out of favor • Strong influence of behaviorism • Psychology becomes “the science of human behavior” • The cognitive aspect needed to be reclaimed, especially in the US

  4. Early cognitivists • Fechner who studied sensation • Ebbinghaus (and later Calkins) who studied memory • Wundt: model of how ideas were formed • Sir Frederick Charles Bartlett (1886-1969) in his book Remembering, pionneers the notion of schema.

  5. Jean Piaget (1896-1980) • Publishes more than 50 books and monographs on genetic epistemology • We construct reality through our cognitive schemas (Kantian influence) • These schemas change dialectically (equilibration) (Hegelian influence)

  6. Piaget today • The Jean Piaget Society. • Explore the site.

  7. The birth of information theory • Norbert Wiener (1894-1964) founder of cybernetics -- demonstrates “purposive behavior” through feedback systems (i.e. “turtle”) • Claude E. Shannon, and Warren Weaver start studying the transformation of information

  8. Machines that think • At MIT’s media lab • Used in assistive technology

  9. During the 1950’s • Symposium in 1956 at MIT • George A. Miller: STM size: 7+-2 • Allen Newell and Herbert Simon: computer logic • Noam Chomsky: inherited structure of language • Donald Broadbent: foundational concepts

  10. Jerome Bruner • Together with Miller, founds the Center for Cognitive Studies at Harvard in 1960. • Miller, Galanter and Pribram write Plans and the Structure of Behavior

  11. Current cognitive research centers • At Tufts University • MIT Artificial Intelligence lab • A list of Institutes around the world

  12. Journals • A list of journals in the field: note how many! • Psycoloquy, an online journal • Psyche an online journal

  13. On the edge… • Ray Kurzweil’s views

  14. The End

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