Cognitive approach Flashcards

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What does the cognitive approach focus on examining?

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Internal mental processes

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What types of models did Cognitive psychologists use?

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Theoretical and Computer models?

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What are theoretical models?

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Models which display the flow of memory or other processes

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What are computer models?

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Metaphors with computer components

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Give examples of internal mental processes?

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Memory / Attention / Problem solving

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What are schemas?

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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

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Give an example of a theoretical model?

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The multi-storey model

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What invention led to the emergence of the approach due to analogies?

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Computers

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What is cognitive Neuroscience?

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An approach bridging the gap between biological and cognitive approaches

It uses non-invasive scanning techniques to form associations with regions and procedural memories

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Evaluation of the Cognitive approach?

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  • Reductionistic as it is a mechanistic view, not taking account of emotion or other stimulation
  • Neuroimaging is scientific
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