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<\/h1>\r\n\"\"<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCognitive psychology<\/strong>\u00a0is the scientific study of\u00a0mental processes\u00a0such as attention, language use,\u00a0memory,\u00a0perception, problem solving,\u00a0creativity, and\u00a0thinking. We will study all of these domains and examine unique case studies that allow us to dig deeper!\r\n\r\nThe origin of cognitive psychology occurred in the 1960s in a break from\u00a0behaviorism, which had held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were outside of the realm of empirical science. This break came as researchers in linguistics and cybernetics as well as applied psychology used models of mental processing to explain human behavior. Such research became possible due to the advances in technology that allowed for the measurement of brain activity.\r\n\r\nThe term \u201ccognition\u201d stems from the Latin word \u201c cognoscere\u201d or \"to know\". Fundamentally, cognitive psychology studies how people acquire and apply knowledge or information. It is closely related to the highly interdisciplinary cognitive science and influenced by artificial intelligence, computer science, philosophy, anthropology,\u00a0linguistics, biology, physics, and\u00a0neuroscience.","rendered":"

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Cognitive psychology<\/strong>\u00a0is the scientific study of\u00a0mental processes\u00a0such as attention, language use,\u00a0memory,\u00a0perception, problem solving,\u00a0creativity, and\u00a0thinking. We will study all of these domains and examine unique case studies that allow us to dig deeper!<\/p>\n

The origin of cognitive psychology occurred in the 1960s in a break from\u00a0behaviorism, which had held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were outside of the realm of empirical science. This break came as researchers in linguistics and cybernetics as well as applied psychology used models of mental processing to explain human behavior. Such research became possible due to the advances in technology that allowed for the measurement of brain activity.<\/p>\n

The term \u201ccognition\u201d stems from the Latin word \u201c cognoscere\u201d or “to know”. Fundamentally, cognitive psychology studies how people acquire and apply knowledge or information. It is closely related to the highly interdisciplinary cognitive science and influenced by artificial intelligence, computer science, philosophy, anthropology,\u00a0linguistics, biology, physics, and\u00a0neuroscience.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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