Cognitive approach

Question 1

assumption of cognitive approach

Answer 1

internal mental processes can be studied scientifically. However these processes are private and cannot be observed so cognitive psychologists make inferences about them.

Question 2

Inferences

Answer 2

process whereby cognitve psychologists draw conclusions of the internal mental processes operate in the basis of observed behaviour.

Question 3

Internal mental processes

Answer 3

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

Question 4

theoretical model

Answer 4

one way to study internal mental processes. one important theoretical model is the information processing model. It describes how information flows from my cognitive system to another through sequence of stages that include input, storage, retrieval.

Question 5

Computer model

Answer 5

Another way to study internal mental processes. suggest that mind and computer are similar in the way they process info. For example there is processing info, coding and then storage of info. This has given rise to AI

Question 6

what’s schema

Answer 6

mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence our cognitive processing. They are formed through experience

Question 7

good thing about schemas

Answer 7

allows us to process lots of information quickly and acts as a mental shortcut to prevent us from being overwhelmed by environmental stimuli

Question 8

bad thing about schemas

Answer 8

distort our interpretations of sensory information and lead to perceptual errors