Cognative Approach

Five Key features of the Cognative Approach.

  • The Human Brain= Computer

Hardware=Brain

Software= Thoughts.

  • Mental Process Models
  • A persons Knowledge and Beliefs influance their Behaviour and Experience.
  • Cognative System has limited capacity
  • Use of Experimental Methods
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  • Created by: Farah
  • Created on: 09-01-13 09:03
What is the information Processing Approach.
Encode, Store, Retrieve information.
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What is the Human Analogy?
The brain=Computer eg Hardware=Brain Software=Thoughts
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Why is it never a good Idea to Proof read your work?
Our Schema tells us it is right.
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Nema a good piont about the cognative approach
It investigates many areas of the psychology that is neglected by the behaviourism, It is Practical, Lab Control
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Name a bad point about the cognative approach
They are oversimplistic, Human minds aren't like computers, Lab Control- Lacks ecological Validity
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The brain=Computer eg Hardware=Brain Software=Thoughts

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