{"id":1782,"date":"2016-10-12T12:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T12:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1782"},"modified":"2024-05-17T02:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T02:12:11","slug":"reading-the-cognitive-pillar","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-psychology\/chapter\/reading-the-cognitive-pillar\/","title":{"raw":"The Cognitive Domain","rendered":"The Cognitive Domain"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Describe the basic interests and applications of cognitive psychology<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1788\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"275\"]<img class=\"wp-image-1788\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2016\/10\/12142727\/isolated-1052504_1920-300x205.png\" alt=\"Chimpanze with his hand to his mouth, looking thoughtful and pensive.\" width=\"275\" height=\"188\" \/> <strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. Cognitive psychology sometimes involves the use of animals to examine the ways they think and solve problems.[\/caption]\r\n<p id=\"fs-idp4104256\">As mentioned in your previous reading, the cognitive revolution created an impetus for psychologists to focus their attention on better understanding the mind and mental processes that underlie behavior. Thus, <strong><span data-type=\"term\">cognitive psychology<\/span><\/strong> is the area of psychology that focuses on studying cognitions, or thoughts, and their relationship to our experiences and our actions. Like biological psychology, cognitive psychology is broad in its scope and often involves collaborations among people from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds. This has led some to coin the term cognitive science to describe the interdisciplinary nature of this area of research (Miller, 2003).<\/p>\r\nCognitive psychologists have research interests that span a spectrum of topics, ranging from attention to problem solving to language to memory. The approaches used in studying these topics are equally diverse. The bulk of content coverage on cognitive psychology will be covered in the modules in this text on thinking, intelligence, and memory. But given its diversity, various concepts related to cognitive psychology will be covered in other sections such as\u00a0lifespan development, social psychology, and therapy.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_3774\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"564\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1509\/2017\/02\/17032531\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-4.42.51-PM.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-3774 \" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1509\/2017\/02\/17032531\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-4.42.51-PM.png\" alt=\"The five pillars of psychology: biological, cognitive, developmental, social and personality, and mental and physical health.\" width=\"564\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a> <strong>Figure 2<\/strong>. The cognitive domain of psychology covers content on perception, thinking, intelligence, and memory.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/ba9a3621-1669-4ef9-b9aa-fdf55879a23a\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Glossary<\/h3>\r\n<strong>cognitive psychology<\/strong>: area of psychology that focuses on studying thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and actions.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the basic interests and applications of cognitive psychology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1788\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1788\" class=\"wp-image-1788\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/855\/2016\/10\/12142727\/isolated-1052504_1920-300x205.png\" alt=\"Chimpanze with his hand to his mouth, looking thoughtful and pensive.\" width=\"275\" height=\"188\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong>. Cognitive psychology sometimes involves the use of animals to examine the ways they think and solve problems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"fs-idp4104256\">As mentioned in your previous reading, the cognitive revolution created an impetus for psychologists to focus their attention on better understanding the mind and mental processes that underlie behavior. Thus, <strong><span data-type=\"term\">cognitive psychology<\/span><\/strong> is the area of psychology that focuses on studying cognitions, or thoughts, and their relationship to our experiences and our actions. Like biological psychology, cognitive psychology is broad in its scope and often involves collaborations among people from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds. This has led some to coin the term cognitive science to describe the interdisciplinary nature of this area of research (Miller, 2003).<\/p>\n<p>Cognitive psychologists have research interests that span a spectrum of topics, ranging from attention to problem solving to language to memory. The approaches used in studying these topics are equally diverse. The bulk of content coverage on cognitive psychology will be covered in the modules in this text on thinking, intelligence, and memory. But given its diversity, various concepts related to cognitive psychology will be covered in other sections such as\u00a0lifespan development, social psychology, and therapy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3774\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1509\/2017\/02\/17032531\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-4.42.51-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3774\" class=\"wp-image-3774\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1509\/2017\/02\/17032531\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-16-at-4.42.51-PM.png\" alt=\"The five pillars of psychology: biological, cognitive, developmental, social and personality, and mental and physical health.\" width=\"564\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 2<\/strong>. The cognitive domain of psychology covers content on perception, thinking, intelligence, and memory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_ba9a3621-1669-4ef9-b9aa-fdf55879a23a\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/ba9a3621-1669-4ef9-b9aa-fdf55879a23a?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_ba9a3621-1669-4ef9-b9aa-fdf55879a23a\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Glossary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>cognitive psychology<\/strong>: area of psychology that focuses on studying thoughts and their relationship to our experiences and actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1782\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div 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