Cognitive psychology is a subdiscipline of psychology that explores internal mental processes. It is the scientific study of mind and mental function, including learning, memory, attention, perception, reasoning, language, conceptual development, and decision making. Its major premise is that,
"the brain is a complex computing system." It is a branch of psychology that is closely related to other disciplines, such as neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics.
Cognitive psychology is different from other psychological approaches in two ways:
- It accepts the use of scientific method and rejects introspection as a valid method of investigation (e.g., Freudian psychology, unconscious motivation, structuralism, and functionalism).
- It acknowledges the existence of intense mental states (e.g., belief, desire, motivation).
The school of thought arising from this approach is
cognitivism.
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