Key Assumptions

Question 1

what is cognitive psychology?

Answer 1

concerned with the internal mental processes, such as language, memory, problem solving and thinking.

Question 2

what is cognition

Answer 2

cognition refers to the mental processes: perception, attention, language, thinking, problem solving and MEMORY.

Question 3

what is the Key Assumption?

Answer 3

Brains work like computers:
- both have inputs and output.
- inputs for a computer include: keyboard, mouse, and joystick.
- inputs for the brain include sensory information from the environment
- outputs for a computer include: sound, on screen info
- outputs for the brain is the behavioural responses and reactions.
- the brain a computer both store information
- both need to be registered and recharged.

Cognitive psychology assumes that information is processed in the brain and that this process is considered to be linear - it flows ‘through’ the brain in a way that seems logical.