fpot 20th century

• in America psychology was dominated by behaviourism
• in America most research was focused on animal learning and little research on human cognition was done
• in Europe the study of mental process was active
• Alexender Luria investigated aphisia a disorder that effecets communcation
• jean paiget studies congtive devlopment
• gestalt psychology studies perception and problem solving
• the warzburg school studies high level thinking
• ww2 contributes to the development of cognitive psychology as a result of the 20th century's technological advancements studying factors such as attention and fatigue
• 1956 was the starting point of modern cognitive psyhcology and artificial intelligence
• the dartmouth confernce was the first ai programme