Key assumptions of the cognitive approach

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  • Cognitive approach
    • The scientific study of internal mental processes.
    • The cognitive approach argues mental processes should be studied in order to understand human behavior and the mind.
    • Mental processes are 'private' and cannot be observed with the naked eye so cognitive psychologists make assumptions (inferences) of the mind based on behaviour.
      • However, can be seen with brain scans
    • Theoretical models: MSM is a model that explains how our memories may work.
    • The computer analogy: is a term that is used when similarities are discovered between the mind and the computer and there are many similarities.
      • For example a processor is compared to a brain, files can be linked to stores.
    • The Schema is a name that is given to packages of information in the brain.
      • Schema's are developed through experience, as a person gets older, the more detailed and sophisticated the Schema gets.
      • A 'mental framework' of ideas and expectations.

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