Cognitive Approaches - Key Terms

Question 1

Cognitive Schemas

Answer 1

A cluster of knowledge or memory that is stored in the mind (organised packets of information about the world, events, or people stored in long-term memory)

Question 2

Confirmation Bias

Answer 2

A particular type of bias in thinking and decision making. When a person tends to focus on and remember information that is consistent with their existing beliefs

Question 3

Cognitive Bias

Answer 3

A systematic error that negatively affects the accuracy of one or more cognitive processes

Question 4

Rational (controlled) Thinking

Answer 4

Thinking that is slow, deliberate, conscious, and based on consequences

Question 5

Intuitive (automatic) Thinking

Answer 5

Thinking that is fast, automatic, unconscious and based on experiences and emotions

Question 6

Working Memory

Answer 6

The small amount of information that can be held in the mind and used in the execution of cognitive tasks