cognitive approach

Question 1

what’s a schema

Answer 1

a cognitive framework that helps organise and put information into the brain, help us take in large amounts of information, also fill in gaps of information about something or someone, eg, someone we sit nect to as “old”,

Question 2

theoretical model

Answer 2

diagrams representing steps involved in internal mental processes

Question 3

computer model

Answer 3

process of using computer analogies as representation of human cognition, encoded into memory then combined with stored information

Question 4

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 4

the study of how the brain enables the mind, scientific study of influence of brain structures on mental processes

started mid 19th century
BURNETT when people feel guilty, serval brain regions are active including prefrontal cortex

Question 5

a strength

Answer 5

is scientific, has methods for collecting and evaluating evidence in order to reach accurate conclusion on how the mind works

Question 6

weakness

Answer 6

lacks ecological validity, it fails to reflect behaviours that occur in real life setting