Do we have a maze in our heads? Not really. But this picture represents the idea that the mechanisms
responsible for the operation of our minds are complex and a challenge to understand. One of the
goals of cognitive psychology is to increase our understanding of how these mechanisms operate and
how they affect cognitive processes such as perception, attention, memory, language, and thinking.
Introduction to
Cognitive Psychology
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