Cognitive Approach AO1

Question 1

Assumptions

Answer 1

-internal mental processes should be studied scientifically
- processes happen in the mind, have to be studied indirectly, psychologists make inferences
-human mind and computer are alike
-schemas make shortcuts, help understand how the world works

Question 2

Schemas

Answer 2

-develop from experience
-form our beliefs and expectations of the world
-allow us to process information quickly

Question 3

mind=computer models

Answer 3

-often compare the human mind to a computer
-compares how we take in information, store it or change it and then recall it

Question 4

Emergence of cognitive neuroscience

Answer 4

• scientific study of brain structures on mental processes
  -1860s found that the left frontal lobe of the brain was responsible for language production- Paul Broca
  -last 25 years technology has advanced, fMRIs, PET scans,
  -allowed us to observe and describe the neurological basis of mental processes