1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Cognitive Psychology

3. Dialectic Progression of Ideas: Hegel Thesis Antithesis flaws/alt idea Synthesis: best of both New Thesis flaws/alt idea

4. Rationalist Logic & reasoning is key Empiricist Experience & observation is key Philosophical Roots

5. Rationalism (Descartes) Empiricism (Locke) Synthesis: Both have a role (Kant)

6. Structuralism (Titchener) Functionalism (James) led to Pragmatists Synthesis: Associationism (Ebbinghaus & Thorndike)

7. Associationism (Thorndike) Behaviorism (Pavlov) Synthesis: Extreme form of Behaviorism took hold. Psychology should study only observable behavior (Watson & Skinner).

8. Behaviorism Dominated until…. Synthesis: Cognitions should play an active role in psychology (Gestalt, Bandura) Less radical Behaviorist Cognitive Map (Tolman)

19. Key Ideas in Cognitive… Theory Data Data can only be fully explained with theories, and theories are insufficient without data – thus creating the cycle of science.