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Franciscus Donders |
- first cog psychology experiment - studied RT (reaction time) of simple vs choice - first use of behavioral measure to infer mental process |
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mental chronometry |
-use of behavioral measure to infer mental process - BASIC PARADIGM |
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Ebbinghaus |
-studied length of delay of syllables -time of learning - time of relearning = time of forgetting |
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Wundt |
-mental processes could be broken down into basic elements (sensation) - analytic introspection: descriptive technique of having people describe their thought processes sing set of vocab |
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Watson |
-believed internal processes were invisible and couldn't be replicated -used behaviorism |
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BF Skinner |
- operant conditioning: all behavior was for a reward - failed to explain complex learning |
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Problems with behaviorism |
- difficult time explaining differences in learning by species - couldn't explain delayed responses |
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Edward Tolman |
- wanted to challenge behaviorism - did it using rats, food, new position - said rats had a cognitive map |
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Chomsky |
- fought Skinner - how do people talk about the past, learn bad things (I hate you), or have imaginary friends - said there are innate biological factors of how language is learned, not just positive reinforcement |
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Alan Turing |
- did a lot of code breaking - showed that mental processes weren't just biological - Turing machine: could carry out any mathematical equation |
