Cognitive

Question 1

Four main assumptions

Answer 1

Mental processes lie between stimulus and response , humans manipulate information from the environment, people learn through observation and humans process information like computers

Question 2

Information processing model

Miller 1950

Answer 2

Encoding - senses
Transformation - mental processes
Output - behavioural response

Question 3

Mackworth (1948)

Answer 3

Method
Radar simulators were used to imitate events on the screen
Results
After 30m many errors were made
Conclusion
Less vigilant over time. Accuracy decreased

Question 4

Schéma

Answer 4

A collection of ideas about a person or situation formed through experience

Question 5

Models

Answer 5

Humans learn through modelling

- someone they admire, same age, does good for the environment

Question 6

Four stages of modelling

Answer 6

Attention
Retention
Reproduction
Motivation

Question 7

Strengths

Answer 7

• objective. Based on fact therefore there is high validity
• applied to real life as vigilance does decrease after 30 minutes
• models can help predicts an output from an input

Question 8

Limitation

Answer 8

• never fully know the output
• reductionist approach as it compares humans to computers
• computers don’t make the same mistakes as humans