Cognitive approach assumptions

Question 1

Assumptions

Answer 1

> computer analogy
Internal mental processes
Schemas

Question 2

Computer analogy

Answer 2

> compare the human mind with a computer - take in information, change it/store it, recall when necessary

> during process stage : use cognitive processes of perception, attention, memory

Question 3

Multistore model of memory

Answer 3

Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968)
model shows that information is input to brain through senses and moved to short-term memory and then to long-term memory. Output when required

Question 4

Internal mental processes

Answer 4

> sees humans as information processors
essential cognitive processes work together to respond to the world + understand environment
processes : perception, attention, memory, language

Question 5

Schemas

Answer 5

> organised packets of information that are built through experience and stored in long-term memory
derived from past experiences
built up via social exchanges rather than personal interactions