Internal mental processes

• Humans seen as information processors
• Information received from senses and processed by the brain how this processing directs how we behave and how we store and retrieve information that affects our behaviour.
• Cognitive psychologists work out what thought process are occurring from the behaviour an experiment causes
• Use scientific methods to study human behaviour
• These mental process can’t be studied directly so instead studied indirectly by inferring what cognitions/ thoughts occur
• Inference/inferring: reaching a logical conclusion on the basis of evidence and reasoning, E.g. more blood going to a part of the brain may show memory or emotions showing what activity in the brain is happening and what its responsible for in the mental process.
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  E,g, perception, attention, memory, thinking, language and problem solving