At the time of its appearance in the 60s, cognitive psychology became a real revolution. She opposed the dominant behaviorism (the psychology of behavior) with an interest in internal states: in how we make decisions, why we choose one thing and neglect the other, etc. At the same time, the first computers appeared, and a new branch of psychology likened human cognitive activity to the transformation of information into computing device.
At the time of its appearance in the 60s, cognitive psychology became a real revolution. She opposed the dominant behaviorism (the psychology of behavior) with an interest in internal states: in how we make decisions, why we choose one thing and neglect the other, etc. At the same time, the first computers appeared, and a new branch of psychology likened human cognitive activity to the transformation of information into computing device. This analogy provided a completely new perspective on cognitive processes. The reader solves several problems at once: it shows the history of development and the main theoretical provisions, and also indicates promising directions in the development of cognitive psychology. It includes 40 articles by famous researchers, most of them translated into Russian for the first time.
LOMONOSOV, 384 p.