Cognitive Psychology, Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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| Sprache | Deutsch |
| Kategorie | Psychologie |
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| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 05.10.2012 / 23.02.2017 |
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What is cognitive psychology?
The study of how people perceive, lern, remember, and think about information.
The progression of ideas involves a dialectic. What is this pattern?
- A THESIS is proposed. A thesis is a statement of belief.
- An ANTITHESIS emerges. An antithesis is a statement that counters a previous statement of belief.
- The debate between thesis and antithesis leads to a SYNTHESIS.
Who observed the dialectical progression of ideas?
Georg Hegel, a german philosopher.
Where has cognitive psychology its roots?
What does Philosophy seek to understand?
Philosophy seeks to understand the general nature of many aspects of the world, in part through introspection (the examination of inner ideas and experiences).
What does Physiology seek?
Physiology seeks a scientific study of life-sustaining functions in living matter, primarily through empirical (observation-based) methods.
Explain rationalism!
A rationalist believes that the route to knowledge is through LOGICAL analysis.
René Descartes believed that the introspective, reflective method was superior to empirical methods for finding truth (origins: Plato).
Explain empiricism!
An empiricist believes that we aquire knowledge via empirical evidence - through EXPERIENCE and OBSERVATION.
British empiricist John Locke believed that empirical observation was the best way for finding truth (origins: Aristotle)
