2/7/2014 1 P tI Hi t &C t li ti Part I – History & Conceptualizations What is Cognitive Psychology? y Formal Definition y “all processes by which sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used.” (Neisser, 1967) y Relationships and Applications (Andrade, 2010) (Wiseman et al., 2003) Information Processing Model Empiricism y Experimental Method y Quantifiable Observations y Philosophy and Origin How do Cognitive Psychologists think? How do Cognitive Psychologists think? y Muller-Lyer Illusion y Why do you think it happens? y Explanation
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P t I Hi t & C t li tiPart I – History & Conceptualizations
What is Cognitive Psychology?Formal Definition
“all processes by which sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used.” (Neisser, 1967)
Relationships and Applications
(Andrade, 2010) (Wiseman et al., 2003)
Information Processing Model EmpiricismExperimental Method
Quantifiable Observations
Philosophy and Origin
How do Cognitive Psychologists think? How do Cognitive Psychologists think?Muller-Lyer Illusion
Why do you think it happens?
Explanation
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How do Cognitive Psychologists think?Which river is longer, the Amazon or the Nile?
Cognitive Science
Much more General
Cog Psy studies the way humans do think while Cog Scistudies all the ways we COULD think too.