Cognitive approach

Question 1

internal mental processes

Answer 1

private operations of the mind such as perception and attention that mediate between stimulus and response

Question 2

schema

Answer 2

a mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence cognitive processing. They are developed from experience
+menatl short cut, prevents us being overwhelmed
-distorts reality.

Question 3

theoretical and computer models

Answer 3

helps us understand internal mental processes
theoretical model-info processing approach
comp models-MSM

Question 4

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 4

the scientific study of biological structures that underpin cog processes

Question 5

inference

Answer 5

the process whereby vog psychologists draw conclusions about the way mental processes operate on the basis of observed behaviour

Question 6

emergence of cog neuroscience

Answer 6

scientific study of the influence of brain structures on mental processes
FMRI
PET scans
Maguire et al (2000)