Cognitive

• Information processing model

  compares human behaviour to computers:

  • input goes in (stimulus)
  • processing occurs (cognition)
  • output is given (behaviour)
• Schema

  • packages containing information on a certain topic created through the individual's beliefs, experiences and expectations
  • act as a mental framework for later interactions
  • born with simple motor schema as baby but grow more complex as individual grows up
• Aspects of cognition

  • Language
  • Attention
  • Memory
  • Perception
  • Schema

  
• Cognitive approach evaluation:

  + Scientific method: high validity + reliability

  + Less deterministic: we can think before responding, allows a certain amount of free will

  - Reductionist: computer analogy ignores human emotion that can change how we think

  - Uses assumptions: as internal processes are a result of inference, it is not concrete evidence and can therefore be subjective so is less scientific