COGNTIVE APPROACH Flashcards

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what does the cognitive approach argue?

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internal mental processes should be studied scientifically

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2
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the cognitive approach investigates…

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areas of human behaviour neglected by behaviourism e.g. memory, perception and thinking

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3
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what do cognitive psychologists make?

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inferences about what is going on inside people’s minds

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4
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cognitive psychologists use both what?

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theoretical and computer models to help understand mental processes

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5
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what is an important theoretical model?

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information processing approach recognises input, storage and retrieval e.g. multi-store model

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what is the information processing approach based on?

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the way computers function

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7
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what has computational model of the mind improved?

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artificial intelligence

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8
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what is schema?

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a mental framework of beliefs and expectation that influence cognitive processing

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9
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what are babies born with?

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innate motor schema such a sucking and grasping

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what do we develop as we grow up?

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more detailed and sophisticated schema e.g what happens in a restaurant

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what does schema enable?

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process lots of info quickly

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12
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however, what can schema lead to ?

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distortion of interp of sensory info leading to perceptual errors

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