Cognitive

• assumptions

  • It is our mental processes that affect behaviour e.g. our thoughts, memories and perceptions and these should be studied scientifically (lab experiments) allowing inferences to be made.
  • The mind works like a computer in that it has input from the senses, which is processed and then produces an output such as, specific behaviour.
  • Argues we have schemas that drive our behaviour including what we pay attention to, how we interpret events and what we remember