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>I was looking through _History of Modern Psychology_ (Schultz and Schultz,
>1996) and came across a comment which seems to suggest that the method of
>modern cognitive psychology is introspection. To quote:
>
> "The emergence of cognitive psychology with its renewed
> focus on conscious experiences brought about the return
> of...introspection." (p. 454)
>
>It seems to me that I have also run across the same assertion in the final
>writings of Skinner. It always strikes me as odd since I am aware of
little
>or no research in mainstream cognitive psychology that relies upon classic
>introspection. Indeed, when I checked recent issues of _Cognitive
Psychology_
>I couldn't find a single article that had relied upon introspection for its
>method. I (suspect the same would be true for other cognitive journals
such
>as _Memory and Cognition_, but I didn't check). Even recent work on the
>"cognitive unconscious" seems not to rely on introspection. It makes me
>wonder where the statement is coming from. Could someone enlighten me?
>
Buddy,
It just can't be! Cognotive may be tender-minded, dualistic,
and all that stuff, but you're right. Nothing that even looks
like classical introspection, the method.
Al Cone
Jamestown College
North Dakota
>Thanks,
>Buddy Grah
>Dep't of Psychology
>Austin Peay St. Univ.
>Clarksville, TN 37044
