The Cognitive Revolution changed how we think about psychology in some very important ways.

Here are some key factors that helped spark this change:

• New technology, like computers, gave us a better way to understand how our minds work.
• Many people were unhappy with behaviorism because it didn’t look at what was happening inside our minds.
• Ideas from different fields, such as language studies, brain science, and artificial intelligence, also played a role.

This revolution made psychology different in these ways:

• Instead of just looking at what people do, the focus moved to how they think, leading to the rise of cognitive psychology.
• It introduced ideas that compare our minds to computers. Just like computers process information, our minds also encode, store, and retrieve data.
• Topics like how we see things, remember information, use language, and solve problems became major parts of psychological study.

New ways of researching also started to show up:

• Researchers began using experiments that directly measure how we think, resulting in more exact data.
• Techniques that show brain activity, like neuroimaging, were used to understand how our brains work when we think.

Today, cognitive psychology looks at:

• How we understand and interact with the world around us, paying special attention to how we make decisions and learn.
• How cognitive biases (which are little mental shortcuts) and heuristics (which are rules of thumb) affect our behavior.

This revolution set the stage for many developments in the future:

• It led to the creation of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), which focuses on the link between our thoughts and our actions.
• It has influenced many areas, including education, artificial intelligence, and how we interact with computers.

Overall, these changes helped psychology become a more complete field, allowing us to better understand the complex ways our minds work and how they shape our behavior.