AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -When and what was the “cognitive revolution?” Began in the 1950s, -a shift in psychology from the behaviorist’s focus on stimulus-response relationships to an approach whose main thrust was to understand the operation of the mind.

Detailed explanation-2: -In part, what aspect of psychology was the behaviorist approach to psychology a reaction to? Behaviorists studied objectively observable behavior partly in reaction to the psychologists of the mind who were studying things that were not directly observable.

Detailed explanation-3: -Attention: Attention is a cognitive process that allows people to focus on a specific stimulus in the environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1956 Noam Chomsky made the shift from behavioralism to cognitive psychology and neuroscience. (Gazzaniga et. al., 2019). Human behavior that is understood thanks to neuroscience would be how the different parts of the brain work together to form speech, thoughts, complex thinking, memories and relationships.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ultimately, the cognitive revolution took hold, and people came to realize that cognition was crucial to a true appreciation and understanding of behavior. Focuses on the role of the unconscious and childhood experiences in affecting conscious behavior.