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• What is Cognitive Psychology?

  The scientific study of mental processes
• What does Cognitive Psychology focus on?

  How we acquire, process, store, and retrieve information
• Who are some ancient philosophers associated with Cognitive Psychology?

  Plato and Aristotle
• What concept did Rene Descartes introduce?

  Dualism (mind-body)
• Who is known as the "Father of Psychology"?

  Wilhelm Wundt
• What is introspection in psychology?

  Observation of one’s own conscious experience
• What did structuralism aim to do?

  Break down mental processes into basic components
• What was the focus of behaviorism in psychology?

  Observable behavior
• Why was behaviorism criticized?

  It ignored mental processes in learning
• Who was Jean Piaget?

  A Swiss psychologist influential in cognitive development
• What are Piaget's contributions to psychology?

  He studied cognitive development in children
• What significant shift occurred in the 1950s in psychology?

  Shift from behaviorism to cognitivism
• Who critiqued behaviorism in language acquisition?

  Noam Chomsky
• What did George Miller study?

  Limits of human memory capacity
• Who published "Cognitive Psychology" in 1967?

  Ulric Neisser
• How did computers influence cognitive psychology?

  Introduced the mind as a computer model
• What are the main domains of Cognitive Psychology?

  • Perception: Sensory information processing
  • Attention: Focus on specific stimuli
  • Memory: Short-term and long-term processes
  • Language: Understanding and using language
  • Learning: Acquiring new knowledge and skills
  • Problem Solving and Reasoning: Strategies for solving problems
  • Decision Making: Choosing between alternatives
• What does the domain of perception study?

  Sensory information processing
• What is the focus of the attention domain in Cognitive Psychology?

  Focus and concentration on specific stimuli
• What does the memory domain encompass?

  Short-term and long-term memory processes
• What is studied in the language domain of Cognitive Psychology?

  Understanding and using language
• What does the learning domain focus on?

  How we acquire new knowledge and skills
• What is the focus of problem solving and reasoning in Cognitive Psychology?

  Strategies for solving problems
• What does decision making involve in Cognitive Psychology?

  Choosing between alternatives based on information