Cognitive Flashcards
What do cognitive psychologists use analogies to explain?
The complexities of human cognition.
What did Broadbent see humans as?
Information processing systems who receive, store and retrieve information.
What are schemas?
Fundamental units of knowledge.
What did Immanuel Kant propose about schemas?
That they were innate mental structures.
What is the process of A.A.A.E.?
Schemata develop as a result of interaction with the environment through a process of assimilation, accommodation, adaption in order to reach equilibrium.
What is a script?
A script is a more specific type of schema. It contains knowledge about sequences of stereotypical actions and tells us how to act in certain situations.
What do cognitive psychologists believe the focus should be on?
Internal processes
