cognitive approach DONT DO

Question 1

Internal mental processes meaning

Answer 1

Used to investigate areas of human behaviour that neglected by behaviourism such as memory, perception and thinking

Question 2

Are the processes in internal mental processes private or not

Answer 2

They are private, cognitive psychology study them in directly by making inferences about what’s going on inside peoples minds

Question 3

What is a schema and what is a positive and negative of this

Answer 3

• Mental framework of beliefs and expectations develop through experience

+ Mental shortcuts to help this process lots of information quickly

• Can cause us to make mistakes if a new schema does not match a new experience we are in

Question 4

What do theoretical models do

Answer 4

Make inferences by looking at behaviour and examining the thought processes

Question 5

Cognitive neuroscience meaning

Answer 5

Scientific study of brain structures that are responsible for cognitive, mental, thinking processes and see where the functions are processed and stored in the brain

Question 6

Strength of using cognitive approach

Answer 6

Uses highly controlled methods and uses a lab experiment

Less determinist than other approaches as we are free to think before responding to a stimulus

Question 7

Weaknesses of cognitive approach

Answer 7

Lacks external validity as cognitive psychologists are only able to infer mental processes from behaviour they observe

Machine reductionism ignores the influence of human emotion on the cognitive system