Psy 360 Cognitive Psychology Research Paper
Cognitive Psychology
Kathryn Hardcastle
PSY/360
Matthew Pearcy
Cognitive Psychology Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that studies mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn (Cherry, n.d.). This is a fairly new branch of psychology; however it has started to become one of the more popular subfields. In 1879 Wilhelm Wundt converted a laboratory into the first institute for research in experimental psychology (Galotti, 2014). Some of the practical applications for cognitive psychology are memory, language acquisition, and attention, forgetting, and learning styles.
Key Milestones in the Development of Cognitive Psychology
Structuralism
One of the first concepts of psychology …show more content…
Many psychologists have contributed to the field of Cognitive Psychology. Wilhelm Wundt was one of the first as a pioneer in the study of many cognitive phenomena; he was the first to approach cognitive questions scientifically and the first to design experiments to test cognitive theories (Galotti, 2014). From his first experiments to even deeper studies today Psychologists are continuing to make even bigger discoveries in the field of Cognitive Psychology.
References
Carmicheal, Joey (2013) The Popular Science Guide to Neuroscience. Retrieved September 14, 2014 from http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/popular-science-guide-neuroscience
Cherry, B. K. (n.d.). What Is Cognitive Psychology? Retrieved September 13,2014, from http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/cogpsych.htm
Cherry, B. K. (n.d.). What Is Behaviorism? Retrieved September 13, 2014, from http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/cogpsych.htm
Galotti, Kathleen M. (2014). Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory (5 ed), Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks and Cole.
Gestalt psychology. (2014). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved September 14, 2014, from
Kathryn Hardcastle
PSY/360
Matthew Pearcy
Cognitive Psychology Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that studies mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn (Cherry, n.d.). This is a fairly new branch of psychology; however it has started to become one of the more popular subfields. In 1879 Wilhelm Wundt converted a laboratory into the first institute for research in experimental psychology (Galotti, 2014). Some of the practical applications for cognitive psychology are memory, language acquisition, and attention, forgetting, and learning styles.
Key Milestones in the Development of Cognitive Psychology
Structuralism
One of the first concepts of psychology …show more content…
Many psychologists have contributed to the field of Cognitive Psychology. Wilhelm Wundt was one of the first as a pioneer in the study of many cognitive phenomena; he was the first to approach cognitive questions scientifically and the first to design experiments to test cognitive theories (Galotti, 2014). From his first experiments to even deeper studies today Psychologists are continuing to make even bigger discoveries in the field of Cognitive Psychology.
References
Carmicheal, Joey (2013) The Popular Science Guide to Neuroscience. Retrieved September 14, 2014 from http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-07/popular-science-guide-neuroscience
Cherry, B. K. (n.d.). What Is Cognitive Psychology? Retrieved September 13,2014, from http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/cogpsych.htm
Cherry, B. K. (n.d.). What Is Behaviorism? Retrieved September 13, 2014, from http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/cogpsych.htm
Galotti, Kathleen M. (2014). Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory (5 ed), Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks and Cole.
Gestalt psychology. (2014). In Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved September 14, 2014, from