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A-level Psychology
Cognitive Approach
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According to the cognitive approach, what influences our behaviour?
Our
thinking
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What do cognitive psychologists study to explain behaviour?
Thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes
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What analogy do cognitive psychologists use to study the human mind?
The
computer analogy
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In the computer analogy, what do environmental stimuli represent?
Inputs
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According to the computer analogy, what corresponds to software in the human brain?
Mental processes
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According to the computer analogy, what does the brain itself represent?
Hardware
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What do cognitive psychologists create using the computer analogy?
Models of how the
brain works
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What can cognitive psychologists do by developing models of how the brain works?
Develop and test them
experimentally
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How does the computer analogy enable the study of mental processes?
Scientifically
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Who proposed the Multi-store Memory Model in 1968?
Atkinson and Shiffrin
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According to the Multi-store Memory Model, what are the memory stores?
Short term
and
long term
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In the Multi-store Memory Model, what process transfers memory to long term memory?
Rehearsal
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What are the stages of the Multi-Store Memory Model?
Sensory memory
STM
(Short-Term Memory)
LTM
(Long-Term Memory)
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What do cognitive psychologists view humans as, regarding information?
Information processors
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According to cognitive psychologists, what affects how we see the world?
Internal
mental processes
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Why is it important to understand internal mental processes, according to cognitive psychologists?
They affect
behaviour
and feelings
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What are some key mental processes studied by cognitive psychologists?
Attention
Memory
Perception
Language
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What is the cognitive approach's definition of a schema?
A
packet
of knowledge or ideas
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Why are schemas important?
They
help
us
understand
the
world
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Where do schemas develop from?
Past
experiences
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What do schemas affect, according to the cognitive approach?
Our
view
and
understanding
of
the
world
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According to Beck, what can negative schemas lead to?
Depression
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What does Beck call the negative schemas of oneself, the world, and the future?
Cognitive triad
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