COMPUTER ANALOGY

Question 1

starting sentence for this paragraph

Answer 1

One assumption of the cognitive approach is the computer analogy

Question 2

what do cognitive psychologists compare the mind to-explain part

Answer 2

Cognitive psychologists compare the human mind to
a computer in terms of how we take in information (input), change/store it (process) and then recall it when necessary (output).

Question 3

what does the computer analogy explain -explain part

Answer 3

The computer analogy explains how the brain does not passively receive information but actively processes it using the cognitive processes perception, attention, language,
and memory.

Question 4

what is an example of this in psychology

Answer 4

An example in psychology is the multistore model of memory (Atkinson &Shiffrin, 1968).

Question 5

explain the model of memory-example

Answer 5

In this model of memory information is input through the senses and if attention is paid, moves to the short-term memory To keep information in the STM there must be maintenance rehearsal, where eventually the information shall transfer to the long-term memory if rehearsal does not happen the information is lost through the process of decay. Information can be transferred from LTM through STM through retrieval (output when required).