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What Is the "Cognitive Revolution"? How Is Cognitive Psychology Different

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What is the "cognitive revolution"? How is cognitive psychology different from behaviorism? What impact has cognitive psychology had on the field of modern psychology?


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Human Factors Psychology

A field of psychology that studies how people interact with products, tools, technologies, and environments to improve usability and performance.

Interviewer Illusion

A cognitive bias in interviewing, where the interviewer overestimates their ability to evaluate the interviewee accurately, often ignoring contextual factors.

Unstructured Interview

An interviewing technique without a set sequence of questions, allowing for a more flexible and spontaneous conversation to elicit more personal and detailed responses.

Leniency Error

A bias in performance appraisals where the appraiser tends to rate employees more favorably than their performance justifies.

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