By: Group 4

Cognitive Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Cognition

• Power of suggestion

• Repressed memory

• Neuroscience

• Philosophy

• Linguistics

Key Terms

Cognitive Psychology:

The study of how the brain

processes, learns, thinks, and

remembers

Cognition: The mental processes in the brain associated with thinking, knowing and remembering

Definitions

Albert Bandura: The most influential psychologist of all time. Created the Bobo doll study, and was responsible for shifting focus of psychology

Elizabeth Loftus: Made great strides in proving “the power of suggestion” , conducted the “lost in the mall” experiment

Gerald Echterhoff: Concluded that seeing something happening, creates an image in the brain and can create false memories.

Thinkers

• Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that studies mental processes including how people think, perceive, remember and learn

• The main focus for cognitive psychology is “the power of suggestion” , it has been proven by numerous studies

Summary