Cognitive Approach: KT

Question 1

Cognitive Approach

Answer 1

The term ‘cognitive’ means ‘internal processes’, so the approach focuses on how our mental processes affect behaviour

Question 2

Internal Mental Processes

Answer 2

Private operations of the mind that mediate between stimulus and response

Question 3

Schema

Answer 3

Mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence cognitive processing
They are developed through experience

Question 4

Inference

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 5

The scientific study of biological structures that underpin cognitive processes