A01

• What does cognitive psychology focus on?

  Mental processes
• What does it underlie?

  Behaviour
• What does it view the brain as?

  A computer that processes information
• What are internal mental processes seen as?

  Software running on hardware
• How if information inputted and outputted?

  Input - Via senses

  Output - Form of behaviour
• Why can't cognitive psychology be studied directly?

  Inferred from behaviour and actions
• Why did they use experimentation?

  To work out what cognitive processes and structures underlie specific human behaviours and abilities