Cognitive psychology is a type of psychology that grew from behaviorism, but it faced a lot of difficulties along the way.

1. Limits of Behaviorism:

   • Behaviorism only looked at what people do, ignoring their thoughts and feelings. This made it hard to explain tricky actions, like how we solve problems or make decisions, because those things need us to think about our mental processes.
   • Behaviorism mainly focused on rewards and punishments, which didn’t take into account how our thoughts, beliefs, and intentions also play a part in our behavior.

2. Research Challenges:

   • Moving to cognitive psychology needed new ways to do research. The old behaviorism methods couldn’t really measure what was going on inside our minds. This meant finding new ways, like creating special tasks to study how we think.
   • Using technology, like computers, helped scientists model how we think, but changing the old behavior research methods to fit these new ideas was not easy. Many people were unsure and skeptical about it.

3. Resistance in the Field:

   • Some psychologists didn’t want to accept cognitive psychology because they thought it might challenge the ideas that behaviorism was built on. This made it harder for cognitive psychology to be recognized as an important branch of psychology.
   • There was also a big debate about whether we should focus on the mind or on behavior. This made it tricky for researchers to agree on things.

Possible Solutions:

• Working together with people from different fields, like neuroscience, linguistics, and computer science, could help connect behaviorism and cognitive psychology.
• Highlighting research findings that show the limits of behaviorism can help start better conversations among psychologists. This can lead to a better understanding of how behavior and thinking are linked.

By doing these things, cognitive psychology can keep growing and push through the challenges left by behaviorism.