the cognitive approach

• When was the cognitive approach developed?

  1950s
• The cognitive approach is in direct contrast to the behaviorist approach.
• The cognitive approach argues that internal mental processes can and should be studied scientifically
• What areas of human behavior does the cognitive approach investigate?

  Attention, perception, memory, language, thinking
• Mental processes in the cognitive approach are studied directly.

  False
• Inferences in the cognitive approach refer to the process of drawing conclusions about mental processes based on observed behavior
• What are the two types of models used by cognitive psychologists to understand internal processes?

  Theoretical and computer models
• Theoretical models are abstract and generally consist of diagrams
• Computer models in the cognitive approach are created using simulations.
• What is the main purpose of theoretical and computer models in research?

  To test hypotheses
• What does the information processing approach suggest about information flow?

  It flows through cognitive systems
• An example of a theoretical model in the cognitive approach is the multi-store model
• What are schema in the cognitive approach?

  Cognitive frameworks
• Schema develop with age and experience.
• Innate motor schema include actions like grabbing or wiggling toes
• What role do schema play in helping us respond to situations?

  They guide appropriate responses
• Schema use cognitive shortcuts like assumptions and stereotypes
• What is cognitive neuroscience the scientific study of?

  Brain structures and mental processes
• Cognitive neuroscience can explain how neurotransmitters affect behavior.
• Which brain structure is related to emotion according to cognitive neuroscience?

  Amygdala
• Paul Broca identified that damage to an area of the frontal lobe could impair speech
• Brain imaging techniques have advanced cognitive neuroscience significantly.
• What two types of memory did Tulving find are located in different parts of the prefrontal cortex?

  Episodic and semantic memory
• The para hippocampal gyrus is involved in processing unpleasant emotions
• Computational models are now used in cognitive neuroscience.
• What is brain fingerprinting used to measure in cognitive neuroscience?

  Brain waves of eyewitnesses