The Cognitive Approach

Question 1

cognitive approach

Answer 1

‘cognitive’ = ‘mental processes’
(thought, perceptions, attention)
how they affect behaviour

Question 2

internal mental processes

Answer 2

‘private’ operations of the mind such as perception and attention that mediate between stimulus and response

Question 3

schema

Answer 3

a mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence cognitive processing
developed from experience

Question 4

inference

Answer 4

the process whereby cognitive psychologists draw conclusions about the way mental processes operate on the basis of observed behaviour

Question 5

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 5

the scientific study of biological structures that underpin cognitive processes