Mentalism (psychology)
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This article is about the term in psychology. For the term in philosophy of mind, see Mentalism (philosophy). For the performing art, see Mentalism. For other uses, see Mentalism (disambiguation).
In psychology, mentalism refers to those branches of study that concentrate on perception and thought processes, for example: mental imagery, consciousness and cognition, as in cognitive psychology. The term mentalism has been used primarily by behaviorists who believe that scientific psychology should focus on the structure of causal relationships to reflexes and operant responses[1] or on the functions of behavior.[2]
Neither mentalism nor behaviorism are mutually exclusive fields; elements of one can be seen in the other, perhaps more so in modern times compared to the advent of psychology over a century ago.[1]: 11–12, 184 [3]