With the coming of the tide of education reform, more and more teachers begin to pay attention to students' autonomy. From the perspective of cognitive psychology, the attention to students' autonomy needs to deeply understand their psychological state and learning state, so that teachers can better play their "guidance" and "assistance" role, make students move towards Autonomous English learning, form good habits of reading and writing, and consciously improve and strengthen their English ability. In view of this, based on the perspective of cognitive psychology, the author defines the concept of cognitive psychology, and discusses the strategies of cognitive psychology in College English teaching.