Week 4.2 - Cognitivism

Question 1

what are the key beliefs of cognitivism ?

Answer 1

• info processing is comparable to computers

- aim of research is to specify process and structures that underlie cognition

Question 2

what is the cognitive model ?

Answer 2

• input in the environment
• mediational process
• output behaviour

Question 3

define change blindness ?

Answer 3

perceptual phenomenon that occurs when a change in stimulus is introduced and the observer doesn’t notice