The Evolution of Cognitive Psychology

The Evolution of Cognitive Psychology

Definition of Cognition

Cognition is the mental process or faculty of acquiring knowledge by the use of perception, reasoning or intuition. This is the mental process of knowing, which including aspects such as; perception, judgment, attention, reasoning, producing language, remembering, understanding, decision making and solving problems. Cognition is generally defined as the mental process and activity used in perception, remembering and thinking.

Interdisciplinary Perspective

Cognitive psychology is vital because it’s a journey to understanding how people think and behave. The study of cognition also lends insights beyond psychology. Cognitive psychology is a key player within the interdisciplinary field of study termed cognitive science. Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary effort to understand the mind. It includes five disciplines, that lye at are the core of cognitive psychology (Gardner, 1985). Philosophy is the first discipline systematically to examine the mind, which helps to formulate and examine the fundamental questions that define the field. Neuroscience attempts to specify the relationship between mind and brain. Artificial intelligence addresses issues of mind by modeling human thought processes with computer hardware and software philosophy (Greenberg, Partridge, Weiss, & Pisula, 2004).

The field of linguistics investigates the structure of language and the specifics of language use and what they tell us about the mind. Anthropology explores the mind through quite a different lens the lens of culture. In an attempt to understand the mind cognitive science makes an effort to bring together research from the fields of neuro...

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...des the science of mental life, psychological science and memory in the area of cognitive psychology that studies the memory processes. Psychologists who study the cognitive process use psychophysical and experimental approaches in an effort to understand diagnoses and resolve problems regarding the mental processes.

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