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Neisser, Ulric (1967). Cognitive Psychology. Prentice Hall.

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• Ulric Neisser coined the term "cognitive psychology" in his book Cognitive Psychology, published in 1967.
• The term "cognition" refers to all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used. It is concerned with these processes even when they operate in the absence of relevant stimulation, as in images and hallucinations... Given such a sweeping definition, it is apparent that cognition is involved in everything a human being might possibly do; that every psychological phenomenon is a cognitive phenomenon. But although cognitive psychology is concerned with all human activity rather than some fraction of it, the concern is from a particular point of view. Other viewpoints are equally legitimate and necessary. Dynamic psychology, which begins with motives rather than with sensory input, is a case in point. Instead of asking how a man's actions and experiences result from what he saw, remembered, or believed, the dynamic psychologist asks how they follow from the subject's goals, needs, or instincts. (as quoted in w: Cognitive psychology#History)

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Related works

• Moore, Thomas Verner (1939). Cognitive Psychology. J. B. Lippincott Co. ^{[^]}
• Moore, Thomas Verner (1924). Dynamic Psychology: An Introduction to Modern Psychological Theory and Practice. J. B. Lippincott Co. ^{[^]}

See also

• Gibson, Jame J. (1977). "The Theory of Affordances," pp. 67-82. In: Robert Shaw & John Bransford, eds. Perceiving, Acting, and Knowing: Toward an Ecological Psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. ^{[^]}
• Chisholm, Roderick (1976). Person and Object: A Metaphysical Study. London: G. Allen & Unwin. ^{[^]}
• Neisser, Ulric (1976). Cognition and Reality: Principles and Implications of Cognitive Psychology. WH Freeman. ^{[^]}
• Neisser, Ulric (1967). Cognitive Psychology. Prentice Hall. ^{[^]}
• Skinner, B. F. (1957). Verbal Behavior. Acton, Massachusetts: Copley Publishing Group. ^{[^]}
• Craik, Kenneth (1943). The Nature of Explanation. Cambridge University Press. ^{[^]}
• Ogden, C. K. & I. A. Richards (1923). The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. ^{[^]}