Assignment Unit 9 History of psychology

History of Psychology Student’s Name Institution of Affiliation Course Name Instructor’s Name Date History of Psychology Cognitivism entails a learning theory focusing on how the mind acquires, organizes, preserves, and retrieves information. In psychology's history, cognitivism's rise ignited due to various vital developments. For example, theorist was dissatisfied with behaviorism. This discontentment with behaviorism's stern focus on observable behavior led theorists like William Perry and Jean Piaget to demand a learning theory style emphasizing mental processes instead of observable behavior. Moreover, development in linguistics also played a role in the rise of cognitivism. Chomsky purported that Skinner underrated the intricacy of the problem, especially the complexity of the organism researched by theorists. Chomsky's research substantially fueled the rise of the cognitive revolution. Additionally, the cognitive revolution was behind the intellectual move from behavioral psychology. Rather than gauging observable behaviors, psychologists investigated the internal processes that fuel behaviors. Ulric Neisser, the father of cognitive psychology, and George Miller played a significant role in researching mental ability for information processing. Jean Piaget was an influential cognitive theorist and genetic epistemologist from Switzerland. Before his theory, children were usually believed to be mini-adults, but he suggested that kids' thinking differs from that of adults. Piaget developed several theories or doctrines that involved cognitive development. Schemas was one of the critical tenets he proposed. He argued that children sort their acquired knowledge via interactions and experiences into groupings (schemas). Once they acquire information, the information can either be assimilated into the current schemas or accommodated through reviewing a present schema or establi...