Introspection, Behaviorism, and the Cognitive Revolution
Introspection and behaviorism both had faults when it came to defining and proving the science of psychology. Introspection fell quickly to its lack of consistency and true measurability. These shortcomings forced the practice to be replaced with the more researchable theory of behaviorism. Behaviorism held dominance over psychology for a few decades, because of the inclination it had towards the truly measurable observations in the field. Although it had far more success than its predecessor, behaviorism fell when researchers began discovering discrepancies in the data even when giving the same stimuli. This is still true for the same reactions to a number of different stimuli. The …show more content…
There a few different assistants, but the most important one is the articulatory rehearsal loop. This is essentially where the executive tells the loop to repeat a phrase or sequence over and over to ensure that pieces of it are not lost or forgotten, however, it is in using this tool that some scientists believe it that the sound-alike errors arise. These errors are produced by confusing letters, words, or phrases that are similar to what the true examples were. Using articulatory rehearsal loop creates a phonological buffer, which is essentially an image in your mind that only lasts for a moment, but can be reconstructed simply by continuing to use the loop. An interesting observation that the book points out is that when we are using our mouths already, as in performing a concurrent articulation task, which is the repetition of a simple phrase, we cannot make use of this assistant (Cognition …show more content…
This is proved relevant when an individual is performing a concurrent articulation task. The book talks about how this individual would still be able to perform simple math calculations and read simple sentences while doing this because they are not required to store any information. Although, when the sentences and math problems become more complex and increase in length, the individual will not be able to complete these tasks because the memory required for these is being blocked out because of the articulation task (Cognition 21). The evidence that supports the theory of the working memory system is backed up by brain activity when performing these tasks as well the data from tasks like the one previously mentioned. The authors talk about the support from the inner voice and the inner ear. Although none have seen them, they are well known tools to producing memory and play a large role in allowing the articulatory rehearsal loop to
Introspection and behaviorism both had faults when it came to defining and proving the science of psychology. Introspection fell quickly to its lack of consistency and true measurability. These shortcomings forced the practice to be replaced with the more researchable theory of behaviorism. Behaviorism held dominance over psychology for a few decades, because of the inclination it had towards the truly measurable observations in the field. Although it had far more success than its predecessor, behaviorism fell when researchers began discovering discrepancies in the data even when giving the same stimuli. This is still true for the same reactions to a number of different stimuli. The …show more content…
There a few different assistants, but the most important one is the articulatory rehearsal loop. This is essentially where the executive tells the loop to repeat a phrase or sequence over and over to ensure that pieces of it are not lost or forgotten, however, it is in using this tool that some scientists believe it that the sound-alike errors arise. These errors are produced by confusing letters, words, or phrases that are similar to what the true examples were. Using articulatory rehearsal loop creates a phonological buffer, which is essentially an image in your mind that only lasts for a moment, but can be reconstructed simply by continuing to use the loop. An interesting observation that the book points out is that when we are using our mouths already, as in performing a concurrent articulation task, which is the repetition of a simple phrase, we cannot make use of this assistant (Cognition …show more content…
This is proved relevant when an individual is performing a concurrent articulation task. The book talks about how this individual would still be able to perform simple math calculations and read simple sentences while doing this because they are not required to store any information. Although, when the sentences and math problems become more complex and increase in length, the individual will not be able to complete these tasks because the memory required for these is being blocked out because of the articulation task (Cognition 21). The evidence that supports the theory of the working memory system is backed up by brain activity when performing these tasks as well the data from tasks like the one previously mentioned. The authors talk about the support from the inner voice and the inner ear. Although none have seen them, they are well known tools to producing memory and play a large role in allowing the articulatory rehearsal loop to