Question

Describe the emergence of cognitive psychology and neuroscience – what prompted the development of these fields, and what is significant about the shift from behaviorism to cognitive psychology and neuroscience? What can we understand about human behavior because of neuroscience that we could not have understood before?

Answer 1

Cognitive psychology and neuroscience emerged gradually, as psychology and its existing strands were not sufficient to describe, explain and even satisfactorily resolve aspects and problems related to human behavior. With that, we can say that cognitive psychology and neuroscience emerged with the advancement and evolution of psychology that was influenced by the need that society presented.

Cognitive psychology and neuroscience allow us to study and understand the mental capacities of human beings and their relationship with the brain and its functioning. Without these two sciences, this understanding would be impossible and we would not understand the human being efficiently.