Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper
Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper
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PSY/360 Cognitive Psychology
August 4, 2014
Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper
Cognitive Psychology can be defined as the mental process by which a subject will learn, perceive and think. This process is most frequently used when we attempt to evaluate a subject to establish if they have any mental disorders or diseases, this has been a great asset to medical professional to establish different mental diseases in subject they are evaluating. Thanks to cognitive psychology medical professional are better equipped to understand the psychological process in subjects today.
Cognitive Psychology can date back to Plato and Greek philosophers which we now credit with laying the foundation which lead us to what we know now as cognitive psychology. Plato and Aristotle focused on the memory aspects of the brain; they compared the human mind to writing on a wax tablet. There were many other philosophers who studied on how different subjects process and use the information that is given and to focus on how the brain interprets the information.
Key milestones in the development of cognitive psychology all gave the subject big advancements in the study of a human brain and how it functions. The works of Dr Aaron Beck, Dr. Albert Ellis and Dr. Alfred Adler can be seen as the most important milestones on the subject.
Dr. Alfred Adler is known as the first foundation to cognitive psychology. The subject was going well and Dr. Adler was approached by Dr. Freud in 1902 and asked to joining him with the creation of neuroses psychological treatments. A dispute between Dr. Freud and Dr. Adler occurred when Dr. Freud insisted that impulses that relate to sex are big factors of our mind and can be attributed to the formation of ordinary and irrational individuality.
In the 1950s Dr. Albert Ellis gave a great addition to the study of rational emotive therapy which was very influential from the earlier discoveries
Your name
PSY/360 Cognitive Psychology
August 4, 2014
Cognitive Psychology Definition Paper
Cognitive Psychology can be defined as the mental process by which a subject will learn, perceive and think. This process is most frequently used when we attempt to evaluate a subject to establish if they have any mental disorders or diseases, this has been a great asset to medical professional to establish different mental diseases in subject they are evaluating. Thanks to cognitive psychology medical professional are better equipped to understand the psychological process in subjects today.
Cognitive Psychology can date back to Plato and Greek philosophers which we now credit with laying the foundation which lead us to what we know now as cognitive psychology. Plato and Aristotle focused on the memory aspects of the brain; they compared the human mind to writing on a wax tablet. There were many other philosophers who studied on how different subjects process and use the information that is given and to focus on how the brain interprets the information.
Key milestones in the development of cognitive psychology all gave the subject big advancements in the study of a human brain and how it functions. The works of Dr Aaron Beck, Dr. Albert Ellis and Dr. Alfred Adler can be seen as the most important milestones on the subject.
Dr. Alfred Adler is known as the first foundation to cognitive psychology. The subject was going well and Dr. Adler was approached by Dr. Freud in 1902 and asked to joining him with the creation of neuroses psychological treatments. A dispute between Dr. Freud and Dr. Adler occurred when Dr. Freud insisted that impulses that relate to sex are big factors of our mind and can be attributed to the formation of ordinary and irrational individuality.
In the 1950s Dr. Albert Ellis gave a great addition to the study of rational emotive therapy which was very influential from the earlier discoveries
References: Galotti, K. M. (2014). Cognitive Psychology in and out of laboratory (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publication.