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
What was crucial in the development of the computer analogy
The invention of the computer in the 1960s was crucial in the development of cognitive psychology, as psychologists now had a metaphor for the mind.
