Cognitive approach Flashcards
What does the cognitive approach focus on examining?
Internal mental processes
What types of models did Cognitive psychologists use?
Theoretical and Computer models?
What are theoretical models?
Models which display the flow of memory or other processes
What are computer models?
Metaphors with computer components
Give examples of internal mental processes?
Memory / Attention / Problem solving
What are schemas?
an example of top-down processing, it is a build-up of information in associations to allow us to comprehend lots of information and make predictions
Give an example of a theoretical model?
The multi-storey model
What invention led to the emergence of the approach due to analogies?
Computers
What is cognitive Neuroscience?
An approach bridging the gap between biological and cognitive approaches
It uses non-invasive scanning techniques to form associations with regions and procedural memories
Evaluation of the Cognitive approach?
- Reductionistic as it is a mechanistic view, not taking account of emotion or other stimulation
- Neuroimaging is scientific
