The Cognitive Approach

Question 1

What are the basic assumptions?

Answer 1

1- All behaviour drives from thinking processes
2- Internal mental processes can be scientific ad objective.
3- Cognitive Processes can be affected bu schemas
4- They draw inferences

Question 2

What is a Schema?

Answer 2

A mental package of information

Question 3

What are the Role of Schemas?

Answer 3

1- Help us recollect information quickly
2-Helps us organise behaviour such as gender
3- Fills in gaps in our knowledge.

Question 4

What is an inference?

Answer 4

Going beyond the evidence to make assumptions- don’t forget to relate to the study.

Question 5

Why do they use models?

Answer 5

Because we can not see processes such as memory.

Question 6

What comparison did they make?

Answer 6

We process information the same as computers.

Question 7

What study supports Schemas?

Answer 7

Bugelski and Alampay 1962- Two groups of apps were shown pictures of either different animals or faces. The pops who saw faces saw a man in the shown picture and the apps show the animals saw a rat. This shows they saw what they expected to see.

Question 8

Strengths of the Cognitive Approach

Answer 8

1- Supportive evidence- Bugelski and Alampay 1962
2-Strong practical application e.g. therapy such as CBT. And it has been successful. There was a meta analysis and it was 2nd most successful

Question 9

Weaknesses of the Cognitive Approach

Answer 9

1- Example of a mechanistic reductionism approach comparing computers to humans
2- Lacks ecological validity
3- Not scientific enough due to inferences
4- Doesn’t explain why we get the thoughts

Question 10

Example of a model they have used?

Answer 10

Multistory model has been used to explain memory.