What is Cognitive Psych?. Psychology

Behaviourist focus on observable behaviours

Psychoanalytic focus on personal growth and interpersonal relations

Psychobiologist focus on the biological basis of behaviour and mental processes

Social psychologist examine the role of individuals and groups in a social context

Cognitive psychologist focus on mental structures and processes

Cognitive psychology is all about how we perceive, process, store, retrieve and use information and knowledge.

- Strong influence to other areas such as basic memory on education, eyewitness testimony and recovered memories.

America divides psychology in two phases, behaviourist and cognitive.