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This document provides an overview of the history and development of cognitive psychology. It discusses early pioneers like Donders who conducted early reaction time experiments, and Wundt who established the first psychology lab and used introspection to study basic mental processes. It then describes how behaviorism emerged in response to criticisms of introspection, rejecting the study of the mind. However, the development of computers and information processing models in the 1950s helped spark the cogni
- Author
- Jean Guirnaldo
- Language
- EN