The History Of Cognitive Psychology

Psychology covers many areas in the scientific world, with some of the major areas being Developmental, Cognitive, Behavioral and Social Psychology. These subgroups go into detail about the human behavior, thoughts, and patterns displayed throughout the course of a lifetime. Though it is said to not be a science, all the properties suggest otherwise, with its basis founded on by Wilhelm Wundt, and research methods based purely on scientific methods, it is plain to see that it is a science. Developmental Psychology is the study of how and why humans develop over their lifetime, exploring the behavioral changes from birth until death. A considerable amount of focus is on childhood, in that most changes occur during this time.When behavior change …show more content…
There are three types of memory in a human which Sensory, Short Term, and Long Term memory, but there are also subdivisions of those three components which make up memory all together.Sensory memory is the first step to creating long term memories, it holds information for a brief period of time which usually last about half of a second or less time depending on the complexity of what was seen, and is based on our five senses. Short term memory, also known as working memory, usually last about 2 to 30 seconds,used for solving brief problems,and then it is either forgotten or sent to long term memory for storage for later use. Short term memory length can be expanded by breaking down lengthy or complex images into “smaller sets of units to be easier to remember”.(Feist & Rosenberg,2014,p.254) Long term memory last anywhere from 30 seconds to a lifetime, and can be re-accessed at a later time to be used by an individual. Long term memory consist of two different subgroups due to its complexity, such as implicit memory in which recollection is based on prior experiences or skill with is stimuli dependent with procedural execution, and explicit memory is the recollection of facts and events, for example what students use in school for test taking. Cognitive Psychology also deals with association which is a way in which the mind processes …show more content…
One type of psychotherapy is Group Therapy in which individuals with similar issues collectively gather in order to identify or admit the problems, analyze the different aspects of it to include positives and negative experiences, to suggest or brainstorm ideas or methods to solve this problem, implement those ideas, and provide feedback on the results of these methods in order to educate and inform others of the process of trial and error or success. Some positives about group therapy is that there is a similar problems and no-one is judged, having a sense of belonging and support , and experiences are shared can be related to by others in that group showing that they are not suffering along from this