Cognitive Approach

Question 1

Cognitive Approach

Answer 1

The idea that our behaviour comes from our internal mental processes.

Question 2

Internal Mental Processes

Answer 2

Private actions of the mind when determining response to a stimulus.

Question 3

Schema

Answer 3

Organised pockets of information in the mind, developed from our experiences.

Question 4

Inference

Answer 4

Making assumptions about mental processes that cannot be directly observed, by drawing conclusions from observable behaviours instead.

Question 5

Summarise Loftus and Palmer’s research (1974).