Cognitive Psychology — subject primer
This page is a Chinese-language primer on cognitive psychology. The outline below summarises it in English.
Overview
Cognitive psychology treats the mind as an information-processing system and studies the mental operations behind perception, attention, memory, language and thought.
Core themes
Attention and working memory, long-term memory systems, mental imagery, language comprehension and production, reasoning, judgement and decision making.
Key theories and figures
Miller on the magical number seven, Neisser's Cognitive Psychology (1967), Baddeley and Hitch's working memory, Atkinson and Shiffrin's memory model, Kahneman and Tversky on judgement under uncertainty.
Research methods
Reaction-time and accuracy paradigms, eye tracking, priming, neuroimaging (fMRI/EEG), computational modelling and cognitive neuropsychology.
Applications
Human-computer interaction and interface design, education and learning science, eyewitness testimony, and cognitive remediation.
In China
Cognitive psychology is well established in the Chinese Academy of Sciences and major universities, with close links to cognitive neuroscience and to educational practice.
Appendices
A quick-reference table of models and paradigms, plus further reading (textbooks, journals, organisations and standards).