乔姆斯基是当代著名的语言学家和公共知识分子，但他对认知心理学的贡献，却很少为学术界所研究。实际上，乔姆斯基是两次认知革命的代表性人物。他对斯金纳行为主义的批评为认知心理学的发展扫除了障碍；他所提出的哲学思想和语言学理论已成为认知心理学的一个重要理论源头；而其创立的转换-生成语法理论，为揭示人类的心智和语言能力的形成提供了一种理想的解释框架。在两次认知革命的学术转型历程中，乔姆斯基的理论一直影响着认知科学家们不断地探索前行。

As everyone known, Chomsky is a famous linguist and public intellectual, but his identity as a cognitive psychologist has rarely been perceived. In fact, the philosophical and linguistic theories of Chomsky have largely contributed to the birth and development of cognitive psychology. Chomsky's radical critique of behavioral psychology promotes the birth of the first cognitive revolution and cognitive psychology, and he is the leader of the first cognitive revolution. In the method of psychology research, he praised highly rationalism which has become an important theoretical source of cognitive psychology, and at the aspect of theory, he created the transformational-generative grammar which provides relatively ideal approach to interpret the information in the human mind and language skills for children. As the leader of the first cognitive revolution, has made an indelible contribution to the birth and development of cognitive psychology.