PSYCH 240 Lecture 1: Lecture 1 Notes
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What is cognitive psychology: the scientific study of the human mind. How do we perceive, learn, remember, think : in other words, . The study of the structures and processes of the mind and brain that take in, transform, Many processes are required to even do simple tasks. and use information. i. e. example in class for recognizing sentences as true or false: Perceive letters, recognize the words, comprehend the english sentence, access knowledge of robins, vegetables , decide truth or falsity, decide hand to use, etc. The problem of psychology: the mind is unobservable; similar to the black box. We can observe the stimulus and response, but we can"t observe what"s happening inside the mind. The mind is the black box: solutions: Introspectionism: just look inside and see what is going on , we can see what"s going on in our own minds. Can learn a lot by observing ourselves and our own minds: big names:
