COGNATIVE: internal mental processes

Question 1

Define internal mental processes.

Answer 1

Humans are seen as information processors. How information received from our senses is processed by the brain and how this processing directs how we behave.

Question 2

What did early psychologists use to investigate internal mental processes?

Answer 2

Introspection (Used by Wundt 1879).

Question 3

What is one of the problems with the cognitive approach?

Answer 3

We can not directly observe the inner
workings of the mind. However, scientific and controlled experiments allow psychologists to infer what is happening.