Intro into cognitive Flashcards
What makes humans and chimpanzees different
- language ability
- they cannot speak
which structures are linked to speaking and language use
- brain
- larynx
what do humans rely on
- remembering things
- being able to take information into the brain
what key concepts are studied in the cognitive approach
- memory
- forgetting
- perception
- language
overall focus of cognitive psychology
how humans deal with information, from taking it to the brain via the senses, through processing to producing the required output
Ideas linked to cognitive psychology
- brains work like computers
- information processing
information processing
- assumes information is processed in the brain
- processing is seen to be linear
linear
- information flows through the brain in a way that seems logical
how is information taken into the brain before being processed
- it is encoded
encoded
- how information is registered as a memory
- when it is translated into a manageable form
how is information taken from storage
retrieval
retrieval
how we retrieve memories when the output is needed to find/access them
the cognitive approach involves scientific methods, what does this involve
- lab experiments
- the idea of flow of information being tracked and tested at different stages would appeal to those working within this approach
Brains work like computers-
- a computer has an input, processing and output
differences between computers and brains
brains make mistakes
human output
- language
- written word
- body language
- emotions
