Cognitive Psychology: 4th Edition (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: (UK) Eysenck / (Ireland) Keane / Gao Dingguo / Xiao Xiaoyun
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: Cognitive psychology developed in the context where psychologists began to express doubt about behaviorist views. It is generally believed that 1956 was the year of the birth of cognitive psychology, as several important events occurred that year. For example, Chomsky published his theory on the origin of language, G.A. Miller published his research findings on the limited capacity of short-term memory, Bruner and others utilized research results on artificial concepts, Bruner and others studied the problem of concept formation using artificial concepts, Newell and Simon developed the "General Problem Solver program," and Piaget also proposed his theory of children's cognitive development around this time. As the authors of this book state, cognitive psychology has become the mainstream of psychology and has permeated other fields. A good proof of this is that the cognitive psychologist who won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for his research on decision-making.