Cognitive Approach Flashcards
1
Q
What are the assumptions of the cognitive approach
A
Thought processes can be studied scientifically
Mind works like a computer
2
Q
What’s schema
A
Collection of ideas about a person or situation formed through experience and which helps individual to understand and predict the world around them
We see our own versions of reality
3
Q
Why do we believe our mind works like a computer
A
Processes info
Input ( data vs senses)
Output (printout vs behaviour)
Memory
4
Q
Evaluation of the cognitive approach
A
Laboratory experiments so lacks validity
Use of models can be seen as over simplifying complex processes
Critiqued for comparing people to computers - seeing ppl as mechanistic and lacking free will
5
Q
WHATS COGNITIVTE NEUROSCIENCE
A
mapping human behaviour to brain function
