Cognitive Approach

Question 1

2 main assumptions of the cognitive approach

Answer 1

1. argues mental processes mediate between stimulus and response in human behaviour
2. schema can affect cognitive processing

Question 2

schema

Answer 2

mental framework of beliefs/expectations, developed through expereince, that influence cognitive processing and allow us to respond to the environment

Question 3

inference

Answer 3

process of psychologists drawing conclusions about how mental processes operate bases on observed behaviour

Question 4

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 4

scientific study of the influence of brain structures on mental processes

Question 5

theoretical model

Answer 5

diagrammatic representation of mental processes

Question 6

computer model

Answer 6

software simulations of mental processes relating the concepts of the brain, coding and storage to computers

Question 7

how have computer models been used?

Answer 7

to develop AI

Question 8

importance of a schema

Answer 8

schema allow us to respond appropriately to stimuli

Question 9

what type of schema are babies born with?

Answer 9

a simple motor schema for innate behaviours

Question 10

what allows us to process information more quickly?

Answer 10

schema

Question 11

what do schem prevent?

Answer 11

overwhelm from environmental stimuli

Question 12

what is the downside of schema?

Answer 12

they may distort iterpretations of sensory info leading to perceptual errors

Question 13

perceptual errors

Answer 13

when a schema leads us to fill in the gaps so me make mistakes in our perceptions

Question 14

what have advances in brain imaging allowed scientists to do?

Answer 14

systematically observe and describe the neurological basis of mental processes

Question 15

brain fingerprinting

Answer 15

mind mapping techniques using computer-generated models to read the brain

Question 16

possible future appliction of brain scans

Answer 16

use of brain scans to see if people are lying in court