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What were the early influences on cognitive psychology?

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Early cognitive psychology developed from work in mental processes, experimental psychology, memory research, and later information-processing theories that treated the mind as an active system.

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What did J. S. Mill contribute?

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He proposed “mental chemistry,” arguing that complex ideas are built from simpler mental elements, which helped frame cognition as something that can be scientifically analyzed.

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What did Fechner contribute?

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He showed that mental processes like perception can be measured experimentally, establishing psychophysics as a foundation for cognitive study.