1. History of cognitive psychology

2. Influential figures in the history of cognitive Psychology
Wilhem Wundt ( )
Edward Titchner (1867 – 1927)
Herman Ebbinghaus ( )
William James ( )
John Watson ( )
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky

3. History of cognitive psychology
Wilhelm Wundt
German physiologist
Established the first psychology laboratory
Wundt believe that psychology is based on the observation of experience
Introspection – looks carefully inward Wundt’s system of “internal perception”, or the self-examination of conscious experience by objective observation of one’s consciousness.

4. History of Cognitive psychology
EDWARD TITCHNER
1st school of Thought
Structuralism
Focus on the components of the mind.
Believed that if the basic components of the mind could be defined and categorized  then the structure of mental processes and higher thinking could be determined.
All consciousness was capable of being reduced to three states, i.e. sensation, images & affections

5. History of cognitive psychology
HERMANN VON EBBINGHAUS
Father of Memory Research
A German psychologist who
Pioneered experimental study of memory, and discovered the forgetting curve and the spacing effect
The first person to describe the learning curve

6. LEARNING CURVE BY HERMANN

7. History of cognitive psychology
WILLIAM JAMES
A pioneering American Psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor
2nd school of thought
Function of mental processes, including consciousness; how a mental process operates
How the mental process functions in the evolution of the species, what adaptive property it provides that would cause it to be selected through evolution

8. LEV VYGOTSKY’S THEORY OF SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES
Psychologist Lev Vygotsky believed that children’s sociocultural environment plays an important role in how they develop cognitively. In Vygotsky’s view, the acquisition of language is a crucial part of cognitive development. After children acquire language, they don’t just go through a set series of stages. Rather, their cognitive development depends on interactions with adults, cultural norms, and their environmental circumstances.

9. Jean piaget’s stage theory
The scientist best known for research on cognitive development is Jean Piaget, who proposed that children’s thinking goes through a set series of four major stages. Piaget believed that children’s cognitive skills unfold naturally as they mature and explore their environment.