Cognitive Approach (bellamy) ✨

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Cognitive approach

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Internal mental processes

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Internal mental processes

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‘Private’ operations in the mind

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Schema

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Mental framework of beliefs and expectations developed by experiences

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Inference

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The process whereby cognitive psychologists draw conclusions about the way mental processes operate on a basis of observed behaviour

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Cognitive neuroscience

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The scientific study of biological structures that underpin cognitive processes

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Theoretical models

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Refers to the process of using simplified pictorial presentation of a particular mental process

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Computer models

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Refers to the process of using computer analogies as a representation of a human cognition

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Limitation

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Based on machine reductionism
Human emotion and motivation have shown to have an influence on recall, these factors are not considered and therefore the cognitive approach oversimplifies human cognitive processing

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Strength

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Uses scientific and objective methods
Lab studies are used
Biological and cognitive psychology are combined in cognitive neuroscience