Internal mental processes involve how we process information to guide our behaviour.
Schemas are cognitive frameworks that help organise and interpret information.
Theoretical models are simplified representations of mental processes based on research evidence.
Computer models use computer analogies to represent human cognition, so the mind works like a computer.
The cognitive approach takes a scientific approach using the experimental method.
The cognitive approach uses computer models to explain human cognition, but there are important differences between computer processing and human processing.
The cognitive approach takes a scientific approach, using the experimental method to collect and evaluate evidence.
The computer analogy suggests that information comes in an input, gets processed, before being stored or deleted as output.