cognitive✅

Question 1

what does this approach argue?

what parts do they look into?

Answer 1

that internal mental processes should be studied scientifically

memory, perception and thinking - which are private and cant be observed so they make inferences about whats going on in peoples minds based other behaviour

Question 2

the role of schema:

• what is a schema?
• what are babies born with and what happens as we get older?
• what do our shecmas allow us to do?

Answer 2

• a package of info of beliefs, expectations and how we perceive things based on experience
• simple motor schema for innate behaviours such as sucking and grasping. as we get older these develop and become more detailed and sophisticated.
• process lots of info quickly like a mental short cut preventing us from being overwhelmed with environmental stimuli.

Question 3

theoretical and computer models:

what are theoretical models? what are computer models?

why are they both used?

Answer 3

• abstract
• concrete things
• both used to help understand internal mental processes.

Question 4

theoretical and computer models:

• what is an important theoretical model?
• what is this approach based on? what development has this proved useful for?

Answer 4

• information processing approach = suggests info flows through the cognitive system in a sequence of stages (multi- store model)
• the way computers function, seeing if it produces a similar output to humans. proved useful for the development of artificial intelligence such as machines that can have conversations with you.

Question 5

the emergence of cognitive neuroscience:

• what did Broca find?
• what gave advances of Brian image techniques led to?

Answer 5

• damage to the frontal lobe (broca’s area) could permanently impair speech production.
• eg. PET + FMRI scans have allowed scientists to systematically observe and describe neurological basis of mental processes.

Question 6

AO3:
✅2 strengths
❌weakness

Answer 6

✅ uses object scientific methods - the emergence of neuroscience has enabled the two fields of biology + cog. psych. to come together to enhance the scientific basis of study.

✅ real world application - contributed to the development of artificial intelligence and the development of thinking machines (robots)

❌ the approach is based on machine reductionism which reduces the validity of the cog. app. - ignores the influence of human emotion and motivation on the cognitive system, effecting how info is processed.