Cognitive Approach Flashcards
When did the cognitive approach emerge?
Late 1950’s
What was the cognitive approach based off?
Introspection
What is the cognitive approaches focus?
Internal mental processes
How could you notice someone with depression?
They will view thing is a pessimistic way
How does an action occur in the cognitive way?
Stimulus - process - response
What is a schema?
Pockets of information that allows you to predict what will happen from past experiences
Why are theoretical models used?
To explain abstract things in the mind such as memory and can be used to make assumptions on what people are thinking
Who wrote ‘cognitive psychology’ in 1967?
Uric Nisser
How are thoughts studied?
Through inferences
What are benefits of schema?
Quick processing
Evolve and change as you get older
Allows for flowing behaviour
Prevents overwhelming
What’s a negative of schema?
Can cause faulty ways of thinking (eg. stereotypes or thinking that exams will always cause anxiety because one did previously) that can lead to errors in recall for example is someone robbed a store you may assume you saw a man due to the generalisation that men tend to be robbers
