Cognitive AO1

Question 1

3 points

Answer 1

Internal mental processes - memory, perception and thinking - can and should be studied scientifically.
Computer model - input from environment via senses -> processes and store (using schemas) -> output (behaviour).
Cognitive processing influenced by schemas= organised packets of infor we have about the world, our beliefs / expectations

Question 2

Point 4

Answer 2

Mental disorders caused by distorted and irrational thinking causing maladaptive behaviour - it is the way you think about the problem rather than the problem itself which causes the mental disorder.
ELLISS ABC MODEL Activaitng event Belief Consequence

Question 3

Cognitive neuroscience

Answer 3

The use of scientific technology to study the brain its structure and its cognitive functions
Has allowed neuroscientists to be able to detail the different brain structures involved in different kinds of mental processes.
PET FMRI- Active part of the brain during the task lights up due to more bloodflow to that part of the brain.

Question 4

Broca’s aera

Answer 4

Frontal lobe activated when producing speech

Damage to Broca’s area equals Broca’s Apahasia