cognitive approach

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cognitive approach
- assumptions
  - 2. we can study internal mental processes scientifically
  - 1. internal mental processes influence our behaviour
  - MAIN ASSUMPTION: information received from our senses is processed in the mind and that this processing directs the way we behave
A1. the use of inferences to study behaviour
- inference- drawing conclusions about the way mental processes operate on the basis of observed behaviour ; making logical conclusions on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
- cognitive approach
  - assumptions
    - 2. we can study internal mental processes scientifically
    - 1. internal mental processes influence our behaviour
    - MAIN ASSUMPTION: information received from our senses is processed in the mind and that this processing directs the way we behave
- A2. schema
  - shemas are; 1. mental framework 2. a "package" of beliefs and expectations on a topic that comes from prior experience 3.they are useful by helping us to take shortcuts in terms of thinking 4. you are born with basic schema that develop over time- but they can lead to faulty conclusions and unwanted behaviour

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