Cognitive Approach Flashcards
(11 cards)
What does the cognitive approach focus on?
How people perceive, store, manipulate and interpret information
What does it state about our brains?
That it has a limited capacity and is systematic
What’s a schema?
The framework of existing information
What are the 3 types of schemas?
Role, event and self
Computer models
The brain is like a computer model
Information-processing-input
Input-processing-output
What are the theoretical models?
Multi-store model and working memory model
What’s the key study for cognitive approach?
War of Ghosts
What did the War of Ghosts study show?
British changed the story to fit in with British culture which provides evidence for schemas
AO3: strengths
Uses real life application as its used to explain mental disorders
AO3: weakness
Humans have free will and computers don’t
