Cognitive approach Flashcards
whats cognition
internal activity to interpret information
whats inference
drawing conclusion about cognition via observation
whats schema
package of unit of beliefs from a topic drawn from past experience
whats mental shortcut
shortened thinking through association
whats the information processing model (computer model)
sensory input -> processing (infer information)->output response
whats the positive of schema
shortens thinking time
whats the negative of schema
Cause unhelpful associations causing fears and phobias
Whats the three favored research methods
lab experiments
case studies
neuroimagining
whats the ao3 of lab experiments
gathers quantitative data
scientific credibility
demands characteristics
replicate
a03 of case studies
rich data
unique opportunity
ethical issues
generalisability
Ao3 of neuroimagining
Objective method (reliable)
expensive
complex
no demand for characteristics
what was the name of the cognitive experiment
Rat Man Experiment
who conducted the experiment and when
Bugleski and Alampay
1962
What happened in the experiment
Participants shown a sequence of images ending with the rat man image, previous experience changed what participants saw
strengths of cognition
applicable
scientific, objective and controlled methods
scientific credibility
