intro to cog psych

• it creates and controls mental functions such as perception, attention, memory, emotions, ________, ________, ________, and _________.

  language, deciding, thinking, and reasoning.
• it is a system that creates representations of the world.

  the mind
• it is the study that focuses on how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information.

  cognitive psychology
• it is a statement of belief.

  thesis
• it is a statement that counters a previous statement of belief.

  anti-thesis
• it integrates the most credible features of each of two (or more) views.

  synthesis
• knowledge came from experience.

  empiricist
• knowledge was innate and based on structural characteristics.

  nativist
• he is a rationalist, he believes that the road to knowledge is through thinking and logical analysis.

  plato
• he is a empiricist, he believes that we acquire knowledge through empirical evidence which is obtained through experiences and observation.

  aristotle
• it is the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

  cognition
• who built the first psychological laboratory in germany in 1879?

  wilhelm wundt
• what are the 5 psychological antecedents?

  structuralism, functionalism, associationism, behaviorism, and gestalt psychology.
• who is the persons behind structuralism?

  edward titchener and wilhelm wundt
• what is the focus of structuralism?

  conscious thoughts and behavior
• what is the method use in structuralism?

  introspection
• who are the persons behind functionalism?

  william james and john dewey
• what are the focuses of functionalism?

  purpose of consciousness and behavior
• what is the method use in functionalism?

  pragmatism
• who are the persons behind associationism?

  hermann ebbinghause and edward lee thorndike
• what are the methods use in associationism?

  self-observation and observation
• who are the persons behind behaviorism?

  john b. watson and burrhus frederick skinner
• what is the focus of associationism?

  association of different elements; law of effect
• what is the focus of behaviorism?

  observable behaviors
• what are the methods use in behaviorism?

  observation, experimentation, and conditioning
• who are the persons behind gestalt psychology?

  max wertheimer, wolfgang kohler, and kurt koffka
• what is the focus of gestalt psychology?

  the whole experience
• what is the method use in gestalt psychology?

  self-report about one's insights
• he viewed the brain to be an active, dynamic organizer of behavior.

  karl spencer lashley
• he was a canadian psychologist who proposed the concept of cell assemblies.

  donald hebb
• he was often referred as the founder of cognitive psychology

  ulric neisser
• a linguist who reviewed the book of b.f skinner

  noam chomsky