Overview Flashcards
What is cognition?
knowing
What are the 5 aspects of cognitive psychology?
memory, perception, thinking, language, and attention
What are the two assumptions of this area?
1- internal mental processes are key to understanding behaviour
2- we can understand the mind as an information processor
What is the brain compared to and what is this called?
the computer analogy (computers)
What are the three components to the computer analogy?
input, through-put/processing, and output
What is the input?
information received by the senses
What is the through-put?
how the mind encodes, processes, stores, and retrieves information
What is the output?
behaviour, decision, or emotional response
What perspective does the cognitive approach side with?
behaviourist
How do behaviourists view people?
a ‘black box’
What is the ‘black box’ theory?
what is imposed on the box = stimuli
what comes out of the box = responses
What is the key theme for cognitive psychology?
memory
