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