2. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
Chapter 1
An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

3. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Origins of Cognitive Psychology
Aristotle
empirical evidence
Wilhelm Wundt
introspection

4. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Origins of Cognitive Psychology
Early Memory Researchers
Ebbinghaus
Mary Whiton Calkins
recency effect
first woman president of APA

5. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Origins of Cognitive Psychology
William James
Principles of Psychology
tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
Behaviorism
Watson
Skinner
operational definition

6. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Origins of Cognitive Psychology
The Gestalt Approach
gestalt
insight
Frederic C. Bartlett
memory as active, constructive process

7. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Emergence of Modern Cognitive Psychology
1956
"cognitive revolution"

8. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Emergence of Modern Cognitive Psychology
Factors Contributing to the Rise of Cognitive Psychology
disappointment with behaviorist approach
linguistics; Noam Chomsky
human memory research
children's thought processes; Jean Piaget

9. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Emergence of Modern Cognitive Psychology
The Information-Processing Approach
Mental processes are similar to the operations of a computer.
Information progresses through the cognitive system in a series of stages, one step at a time.

10. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Emergence of Modern Cognitive Psychology
The Information-Processing Approach
Atkinson-Shiffrin model
sensory memory
short-term memory (working memory)
long-term memory

12. A Brief History of Cognitive Psychology
The Current Status of Cognitive Psychology
more complex models
widespread influence on the discipline of psychology
applications of the cognitive approach in therapy
issues of ecological validity

13. Cognitive Neuroscience Techniques
social cognitive neuroscience
Brain Lesions
Positron Emission Tomography (PET scan)
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
Event-Related Potential Technique (ERP)

14. Additional Areas that Contribute to Cognitive Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
The Computer Metaphor
structures and processes
Pure Artificial Intelligence
efficiency
Computer Simulation
computer modeling
take human limitations into account

15. Additional Areas that Contribute to Cognitive Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
The Connectionist Approach
parallel distributed processing (PDP) approach
neural network approach
cerebral cortex
serial processing
parallel processing

16. Red Riding Hood Network
Big Ears
Big Eyes
Big Teeth
Kindly
Wrinkled
Handsome
Run Away
Wolf
Scream
Look for Woodcutter
Grandma
Kiss on Cheek
Woodcutter
Approach
Offer Food To
Flirt With
Cognition 7e, Margaret Matlin Chapter 1

17. Additional Areas that Contribute to Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Science
interdisciplinary—cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence PLUS philosophy, linguistics, anthropology, sociology, and economics
focus on internal representations

18. An Overview of Your Textbook
Preview of the Chapters
Five Themes in the Book
Theme 1: The cognitive processes are active, rather than passive.
Theme 2: The cognitive processes are remarkably efficient and accurate.

19. An Overview of Your Textbook
Five Themes in the Book
Theme 3: The cognitive processes handle positive information better than negative information.
Theme 4: The cognitive processes are interrelated with one another; they do not operate in isolation. .

20. An Overview of Your Textbook
Five Themes in the Book
Theme 5: Many cognitive processes rely on both bottom-up and top-down processing.