Explanation

• What does the internal mental process assumption suggest?

  Humans use cognitive processes to understand the world
• How do cognitive psychologists believe we collect information?

  Through our senses from the outside world
• How do cognitive processes work together to help us understand the world?

  • Collect information through senses
  • Interpret information using internal processes
  • Formulate responses based on interpretation
• How quickly do cognitive processes occur?

  Very quickly and often automatically
• What happens when a friend asks you a question?

  You pay attention, process language, recall memory
• What steps are involved in responding to a friend's question?

  Attention, language processing, memory recall, answer formulation