Cognitive Approach

• Cognitive - Assumptions

  • Internal processes should be studied scientifically.
  • Mental processes are private and con not be observed.
  • This leads to inferences and logical conclusions.
• Schemas

  Packages of ideas and information that help interpret incoming information due to past experiences.
• Theoretical / Computer model

  Information processing model. Information flows through the cognitive system in stages.
• Cognitive Neuroscience

  The scientific study of the influence of brain structures on mental processing.
• Cognitive - Strengths

  • Uses objective scientific methods which allow for inferences.
  • Real world application - ai and the treatment of depression.
• Cognitive - Limitations

  • Use of artificial stimuli - low ecological validity.
  • Low mundane realism.
  • Founded on soft determinism - free will is accounted for.