4.2.1 cognitive approach

Question 1

mental processes

Answer 1

thought processes can and should be studied scientifically. feel introspection is too unscientific
mind works like a computer
stimulus and response is appropriate but only if thought processes that occur between stimulus and response are acknowledged

Question 2

role of the schema

Answer 2

a cognitive representation of our ideas about a person or situation. formed through experience and allow us to predict what may happen in our world
unique to each person so the way we see the world is dependent on what we have experienced

Question 3

computer models

Answer 3

input-> processing -> output

out of processing comes storage

Question 4

emergence of cognitive neuroscience

Answer 4

a discipline that is a combination of several other.
emerged as technology has advanced, so scanning machines have also and can now investigate how brain activity might underpin thought