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Course Reflection Discussion: Cognitive Psychology
From the onset, it should be noted that the role cognitive psychology plays when it comes to the further enhancement of our understanding of human interactions and behavior cannot be overstated. It is important to note that thanks to cognitive psychology, it is possible to formulate information processing cognitive models that enable us to not only assess but also evaluate the minds of people. It is in so doing that we are able to map human behavior and cognition by way of having better understanding of consciousness, thinking, as well as memory and perception. Towards this end, cognitive psychology effectively focuses our attention on internal processes as opposed to external behavior (a behaviorist approach).
In essence, thanks to cognitive psychology, we now have in place cognition improvement strategies that are largely socially responsible. This is more so the case given that the receipt and interpretation of information is now generally accepted as a key component influencing behaviors. In that regard, therefore, variances in behavior from person to person are recognized and appreciated. It is this enhanced understanding of thought processes that aids cognitive psychologists in the development of appropriate and socially responsible interventions that bring about the desired behavioral changes.
Going forward, cognitive psychology is likely to be even more relevant in a practical sense. Future applications could include, but they are not limited to, better understanding (and utilization) of imagery mnemonics in memory restoration/rehabilitation and advancement of research into mental disorders such as amnestic syndrome. Yet another unlikely setting where cognitive psychology could find practical utilization going forward is advertising. This is more so the case when it comes to efforts to design and develop marketing campaigns that are effective and most appealing to the target audience. This would call for better understanding of consumer information processing tendencies and perceptions.
Cognitive Psychology Absolutely nothing interests humans more than humans. For this reason, numerous fields of study have arisen regarding humans. These fields of study include, but are not limited to, anatomy, anthropology, biology, sociology, and psychology. The focus here is the study of psychology, specifically the study of cognitive psychology. The American Psychological Association states that, "Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. The discipline embraces all aspects of
Cognitive Psychology borrows heavily from the works of Alfred Adler, Albert Ellis, and Aaron Beck. In fact, it is founded on Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology. Freud had insisted that sexual impulses were the chief factor in formation of normal and neurotic personality something that made him part ways with Adler who went ahead and formed a new approach that became the basis for all cognitive psychologies. Behaviorism formed the basis of
Cognitive Psychology This is the branch of psychology that is predominantly occupied by the mental process. These would include how people think, perceive ideas and things, recall and also learn. It is related to other disciplines like philosophy, neuroscience and linguistics. According to Kendra Cherry (2011), cognitive psychology has to do with acquisition, encoding and storage of information in the human brain. Milestones in development of cognitive psychology The history of cognitive psychology development
If you fail to reproduce my findings, it is not due to some fault in your apparatus or in the control of your stimulus, but it is due to the fact that your introspection is untrained." (1878-1958) IV. Functionalism Structuralism resulted in a reaction that became known as Functionalism which was influenced greatly by the work of William James and the theory of Charles Darwin. Functionalism had as its emphasis intelligence
There are also instances where the cognition comes in first before emotional response though the two often happen in tandem. For instance, one gets into a coffee shop and sees another person munching a chocolate cake. H recognizes that as a health risk and processes the various risks an associated with eating it, but still goes ahead to ask for a small piece just to taste. The cognition came in
Cognitive psychology is the study of how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information. Cognitive psychology was shaped by several milestones but four of its most significant transitions that I will focus on are: Functionalism, Behaviorism, Psychobiology, and Computer Engineering (including Artificial Intelligence (AI)). Functionalism: Functionalism was a popular approach to the first school of psychology, Structuralism, that sought to understand that structure of the mind and its perceptions by breaking