cognitive approach Flashcards
1
Q
define the cognitive approach
A
the way we process information taken in from our environment
2
Q
assumptions of the cognitive approach x3
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- events within a person must be studied
- study internal mental porcesses in an objective way
- concerned with how thinking shapes our behaviour
3
Q
define cognitive neuroscience
A
influence of brain structures of mental processes
4
Q
social cognition
A
brain areas involved when we interact
5
Q
evaluation x5
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- scientific and objective
- machine reductionism
- may be too abstract and theoretical
- dominant approach
- less determinist
