While Ulric Neisser is usually credited with coining the term cognitive psychology in his book Cognitive Psychology published in 1967, the so-called cognitive revolution in psychology had been developing since the 1950s. Noam Chomsky’s critique of the behaviorist approach to language (Chomsky, 1959) and Donald Broadbent’s seminal Perception and Communication (1958) were already challenging the behaviorist orthodoxy that had determined what material was acceptable for the field of psychology to study throughout the middle part of the twentieth century. Cognitive psychology’s influence grew throughout the 1960s and 1970s as it drew on the growing fields of computer science and neuroscience to develop more powerful and persuasive explanations of cognitive phenomena. And in the 1980s and 1990s, the growth of positive psychology and the therapeutic approach of cognitive-behavior therapy moved the field of cognitive psychology to include the role of affect in its understanding of cognitive processes.
However, cognitive-affective psychology is not just a product of the twentieth century. In fact, it can trace its roots back to ancient Greek thinkers such as Plato and Aristotle; through the works of philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Hume; and through the works of neuroscientists such as Broca and Lashley as well as the influence of giants of psychology such as Sigmund Freud and William James.
Using the material from your text, relevant supplemental readings, and outside sources, trace the development of cognitive-affective psychology from its origins in Greek thought through developments in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Please cite all sources properly using APA format. If you wish, you may also use the Mind Map Animation media element and the Knowledge Web Web site to help you develop a graphical representation of the development of cognitive-affective psychology and the interrelationships among the disciplines contributing to it. If you choose to do this, please attach your mind map to your post so that your fellow learners and instructor can see it.