Cognitive

Question 1

What are some key assumptions of the Cognitive Approach?

Answer 1

1. Internal mental processes can be studied in an objective and scientific way
2. The mind operates in the same way as a computer (encode, store, output)
3. Develop models of how people process information
4. Infer mental processes and make predictions of behaviour

Question 2

What’s a schema?

Answer 2

Cognitive framework that help us to organise and interpret information

Question 3

Describe a computer model

Answer 3

Used to help us understand the human mind. Concrete, not abstract

Question 4

What are some positives of the Cognitive Approach?

Answer 4

Very scientific, so reliable
Many applications, for example psychopathy

Question 5

What are some negatives of the Cognitive Approach?

Answer 5

Computer models have limited explanatory powers
Ignores emotion and motivation

Question 6

Why do computer models have limited explanatory powers?

Answer 6

Terms are taken straight from computer language, for example encode, store and output