1.4.1 Computer Analogy (Co) Flashcards
What does the computer analogy assumption say?
Behaviour can be explained by comparing the human mind to a computer
What is this assumption an extension of?
The internal mental processes assumption
What process occurs in humans and a computer?
Input - process - output
In humans what is input?
Sensory information
In humans what is processing?
Thinking
In humans what is output?
Behaviour
In a normal behaviour example what would the input of someone asking you to go to the cinema be?
Hearing “would you like to go?”
In a normal behaviour example what would the processing be of someone asking you to go to the cinema?
Where When Who with What time Cost To see what
In a normal behaviour example what would the output be of someone asking you to go to the cinema?
Deciding to go or not
Rational processing/thinking =
Rational behaviour
Faulty processing/ irrational thinking =
Irrational behaviour
In a irrational behaviour example what would the input be of a break up?
Someone breaks up with you
In a irrational behaviour example what would the processing of someone breaking up with you be?
I hate them I want to kill them I am worthless
In a irrational behaviour example what would the output of someone breaking up with you be?
Irrational disturbed behaviour e.g. Stalking
What did Atkinson and Shiffrin come up with
- multistore model of memory
- Information is INPUT into the brain as the senses
- Moves to the SHORT TERM MEMORY store and then to the LONG TERM MEMORY store
- It is OUTPUT when required
