cognitive approach

• What does the cognitive approach argue about internal mental processes?

  They can and should be studied scientifically
• What areas of human behavior does the cognitive approach investigate?

  Memory, perception, and thinking
• How do cognitive psychologists study internal mental processes?

  By making inferences from observable behavior
• What are schema in cognitive psychology?

  Packages of ideas and information from experience
• How do schema affect cognitive processing?

  They influence beliefs and expectations
• What innate behaviors do babies have schema for?

  Sucking and grasping
• How do adult schemas differ from those of babies?

  They become more detailed and sophisticated
• What is a potential downside of using schema?

  They may distort sensory information interpretations
• What types of models do cognitive psychologists use?

  Theoretical and computer models
• What is the difference between theoretical and computer models?

  Theoretical models are abstract, computer models are concrete
• What does the information processing approach suggest?

  Information flows through the cognitive system in stages
• What stages are included in the information processing approach?

  Input, storage, and retrieval
• How is the information processing approach similar to computer functioning?

  Both process information in a sequence of stages
• What is a computer model in cognitive psychology?

  Programming a computer to simulate human processes
• What is the significance of computational models of the mind?

  They aid in developing artificial intelligence
• What are the key features of schema in cognitive psychology?

  • Packages of ideas and information
  • Developed through experience
  • Act as mental frameworks
  • Influence interpretation of incoming information
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of using theoretical and computer models in cognitive psychology?

  Strengths:

  • Help understand internal mental processes
  • Facilitate development of artificial intelligence

  
  

  Weaknesses:

  • Theoretical models may lack empirical support
  • Computer models may oversimplify human cognition