assumptions

• COMPUTER ANALOGY

  compares how a computer processes info and how a human brain processes info

  input = senses > process = using internal processes (changes and stores info) > output = response

  brain = hardware - biologically structured to process info + wired up to learn language and store memories

  personal experiences + learned responses = software, makes us different

  E.G = H.A.B - faulty processing, process in hostile terms
• INTERNAL MENTAL PROCESSES

  1 - attention, 2 - perception, 3 - memory, 4 - language, 5 - thinking

  intertwined and interdependent, they work together to make sense

  seen as a series of processing systems that work together to understand and respond = integrated system

  EXT - Griffiths - used introspection to investigate internal mental processes of gamblers and non-gamblers
• INTERNAL MENTAL PROCESSES

  E.G dog scenario

  look at the dog = pay attention to it

  see its features = perception

  search memory store for match and recognise it = memory

  name it = language

  apply response = thinking
• SCHEMAS

  cluster of facts based on previous experiences and used to generate future expectations

  develop from experiences and help organise and interpret information

  allow us to make mental shortcuts and respond quickly

  types: event, role, self, social

  Piaget - cognitive/child development = essentially the development of schemas > through social interaction the child learns to create various related schemas