A field of cognitive psychology call artificial intelligence uses computers to model the human brain. Cognitive Psychology Summary Cognitive psychologists are concerned with knowledge and how it is obtained and stored. They have found that all children go through similar stages of mental development and that language is innate. Because of their ability to evaluate expressions by defined logic and because of their rise at the same time as cognitive psychology, computers are often used by cognitive psychologists to model the brain.

Jean Piaget Important People in Cognitive Psychology Jean Piaget (AD 1920s): While testing the intelligence of school children, Piaget found that all children go through similar stages of cognitive development as they age. His discovery opened the field of cognitive psychology. Noam Chomsky (AD 1959): Chomsky advanced cognitive psychology when he found that all children learned language similarly, and without reinforcement. His findings supported the cognitive view that not all behaviors were learned by reinforcement.

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by Steven N. Jacowski, September 20, 2004
Mr. Ward's AP Psychology - 6th
Craig High School