Cognitive psychology: Is the scientific study of

Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of human mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. [1] . 1.0 INTRODUCTION Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as perceiving, remembering, and reasoning. Why do psychologists study mental processes? Since the beginning of recorded history, people have expressed curiosity about the operation of the mind, largely because they believed that behaviour is the result of mental processes. For example, how are we to understand the very behaviour in which you are engaged at this moment, reading this course book? Cognitive Psychology publishes articles that make important theoretical contributions in any area of cognition, including memory, attention, perception, language processing, categorization, thinking, and reasoning. While 75% of your decisions happen unconsciously, cognitive psychology focuses on your internal cognitive processes like thinking and memory, whereas behavioral psychology looks at your observable behavioral responses and how they're shaped by the environment.