Cognitive psychology

Cognition

Cognitive psychology is a scientific discussing of mental processes such(a) as attention, Linguistic communication use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning.

Cognitive psychology originated in a 1960s in a break from behaviorism, which had held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were external of the realm of empirical science. This break came as researchers in linguistics together with cybernetics as well as applied psychology used models of mental processing to explain human behavior. Much of the cause derived from cognitive psychology has been integrated into other branches of psychology and various other advanced disciplines such(a) as cognitive science, linguistics, and economics. The domain of cognitive psychology overlaps with that of cognitive science, which takes a more interdisciplinary approach and includes studies of non-human subjects and artificial intelligence.

Modern perspectives

Modern perspectives on cognitive psychology generally credit cognition as a dual process theory, expounded upon by Daniel Kahneman in 2011. Kahneman differentiated the two styles of processing more, calling them intuition and reasoning. Intuition or system 1, similar to associative reasoning, was determined to be fast and automatic, commonly with strong emotional bonds intended in the reasoning process. Kahneman said that this style of reasoning was based on formed habits and very unmanageable to modify or manipulate. Reasoning or system 2 was slower and much more volatile, being noted to conscious judgments and attitudes.