PSY270H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Classical Conditioning, Operant Conditioning, Cognitive Revolution
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Cognition describes the acquisition, storage, transformation, and use of knowledge. Cognitive psychology deals with how people perceive, learn, remember, and think about information. Cognitive approach a theoretical orientation that emphasizes people"s knowledge and their mental processes. Traces its origin to the classical greek philosophers but the contemporary version emerged only within the last 60 years. Aristotle (384-322bc): ancient greece (1300 - 300 bc): 3 assumptions of early philosophers would influence later psychologists: the world can be understood & predicted, humans are part of that world, explanations should be of this world. Middle ages: not a lot of sitting around and contemplating the workings of the mind. Rene descartes (1596-1690): the renaissance (1400 -1700) return of two assumptions: 1. The world can be understood & predicted 2. The scientific method: new emphasis on observation. Empiricism: knowledge is gained through experience, tabula rasa.
