the cognitive approach L4

• What is the focus of cognitive neuroscience?

  Studying internal mental processes
• What advancements have been made in studying the brain?

  Neuroscientists can examine the living brain
• What techniques do neuroscientists use to study the brain?

  Noninvasive techniques like PET and MRI
• How are cognitive processes understood if they cannot be studied directly?

  By inference and logical reasoning
• What happens in the brain when people feel guilty?

  Specific brain regions become active
• Which brain region is mentioned as active when feeling guilty?

  Medical prefrontal Cortex
• What do neuroimaging techniques like PET scans show psychologists?

  • Parts of the brain that become active
  • Specific circumstances of brain activity
• How does the cognitive approach view the mind?

  • As an information processor
  • Involves inputs, processing, storage, retrieval, outputs
• How is working memory compared to a computer?

  It is like the computer's RAM
• What is long-term memory compared to in a computer model?

  Information stored on a hard drive
• What are the applications of cognitive psychology in social psychology?

  • Helps understand social cognition
  • Improves theoretical models like working memory
• What is a schema in cognitive psychology?

  A cognitive frame that organizes information
• How do schemas help in processing information?

  They allow shortcuts in interpreting information
• How does the cognitive approach explain dysfunctional behavior?

  • Traced back to faulty thinking processes
  • Insights lead to cognitive-based interventions
• What disorders can be treated using cognitive-based interventions?

  Depression and OCD
• What are the limitations of the computer model analogy in cognitive psychology?

  • Terms borrowed from computing
  • Computers do not make mistakes
  • Humans are affected by emotion and motivation
• What is a key difference between how computers and humans process information?

  Humans can forget and make mistakes
• What do schemas help fill in when information is incomplete?

  Gaps in understanding
• What cognitive biases can affect human behavior?

  • Systematic cognitive biases
  • Emotional influences on thought processes