Psychology: Key
Concepts, Memory,
Language, and
Decision-Making |
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Cognitive Psychology Studies behavior, uses experiments, cares
about individual differences, overlaps with
neuroscience, social, developmental, and
clinical psych.
, Behaviorism vs Cognitive Cognitive psychology focuses on internal
Psychology mental processes, not just observable
behavior.
Cognitive Psychology vs Cognitive psychology deals with functions
Neuroscience (what the mind does); neuroscience deals with
mechanisms (how the brain implements them).
Cognitive Psychology vs Social psychology examines how others
Social/Clinical Psychology influence thoughts/behavior; clinical
psychology focuses on disorders and
treatment; cognitive psychology studies
general mechanisms.