Internal Procceses Shoukd Be Studied Scientificall

Question 1

How does the cognitive approach argue that internal mental processes should be studied? And what has it investigated?

Answer 1

The cognitive approach argues that internal mental processes should be studied scientifically. It has investigated areas of human behaviour neglected by behaviourists such as memory,perception and thinking.

Question 2

These processes are private and cannot be observed, so what do cognitive psychologist do to study them?

Answer 2

These processes are private and cannot be observed, so cognitive psychologist study them indirectly by making inferences about what is going in people’s mind based on behaviour.