| mathematical models are found in different subdomains of psychology :
- From early beginnings the test and scaling methodology have been important fields in psychology, sophisticated mathematical models have increasngly been used in these fields, we refer to the development of functional probabilistic models and multivariants models, another trend which shows itself in the last years is the development of axiomatic systems.
- The contributions of those psychologists who since the sixties, call themselves " mathematical psychologists", consist mainly in the development of mathematical model as hypothetical descriptions of specific psychological processes , e.g. models on memory processes, concept learning, perception, perceptual and motor performance, reaction time,choice and decision, social interaction, the modelling is adapted to the kind of phenomenon under study and consequently there exists a great heterogeneity of models as well in form as in content.
- Within the framework of the evolution of computer applications several computer models have been developped for perceptual and cognitive processes, more ambitions computer models try to simulate different personality types (e.g. simulation of pathological processes) and social organizational behaviour. |