Memory Forgetting Experiment by Ebbinghaus

Hermann Ebbinghaus studied the time course of forgetting by analyzing the memory of lists of nonsense syllables at different intervals of time.

Ebbinghaus found that memory drops within the first two days and then sharply increases after that.

Wilhelm Wundt's method of analytic introspection involved participants describing their inner mental processes in response to various stimuli.

According to structuralism, experience is composed of complex interactions between thoughts and emotions.

William James critiqued introspection as a method due to its high objectivity and ease of verification.

James' description of attention emphasized the overwhelming amount of sensory input that does not form part of conscious experience.

Wilhelm Wundt proposed the theory of subtractive logic in cognitive psychology.

Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve refers to the tendency of the mind to retain more information over time.

John Watson's proposal of behaviorism involved focusing on 'objectively' observable behavior as a response to stimuli.

Cognitive psychology pioneers abandoned the study of the mind because they considered mental processes as unscientific.

Structuralism in psychology emphasizes understanding the structure of the human mind through introspection.

Donders' subtractive logic refers to the process of adding mental tasks together to measure cognitive load.

Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve demonstrates that we forget information quickly if we do not review it frequently.

Donders' subtractive logic involves measuring mental processes by adding different tasks together.

Wilhelm Wundt's psychological laboratory was established in the 19th century.

Structuralism in psychology focuses on understanding the structure of the human brain through direct observation.

Measuring mental processes through behavior means that we can directly observe mental functions.

Cognitive psychology emerged as an academic discipline in the 19th century.