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Abstract: The paper presents a historical review of modern cognitivepsychology. It discusses the internal and external factors leading to thebirth of this particular discipline. The effects of related disciplines, in-formation theory, cybernetics, computer science and N. Chomskylinguistics are the external events leading first to major changes withinthe realm of psychology and eventually to the introduction of moderncognitive psychology. The historical development of psychology is theinternal factor. The author argues that it was the combination of thesetwo factor that have brought cognitive psychology into being.

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