In the start of the 21st century the cognitive approach had taken over from the unscientific approach of Freud
cognitive approach could offer a more scientific explanation to human behaviour and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia
he symptoms of schizophrenia could be explained through problems with the processes that govern perception, language, memory and attention.One key area that schizophrenics have impairments in is social cognition, that is making sense of and being able to interact in the social world.
