The cognative approach

Question 1

What does the cognitive approach believe?

Answer 1

That behaviour is the result of conscious and unconscious information processing

Question 2

What are internal mental processes?

Answer 2

A series of stages of mental information processing

Question 3

What are theoretical models?

Answer 3

Flow charts showing how information flows and is processed in a mental system, such as memory or attention. These models produce theories testable by experiments.

Question 4

How does the cognitive approach compare minds to computers?

Answer 4

It suggests that computers also have inputs like the brain has senses and outputs like behaviour - this is called the computer model

Question 5

What is the schema?

Answer 5

A cognitive mental framework of how people/objects work

Question 6

What does the schema do?

Answer 6

It makes assumptions on how to behave and think, based off prior experiences.

Question 7

What can am incorrect schema lead to?

Answer 7

Stereotypes, prejudice and bias

Question 8

What has the emergence of cognitive neuroscience led to?

Answer 8

The development of new brain scanning techniques like FMRI have allowed thought processes to be linked to patterns of activity in the brain