Cards (10)

  • What are the three assumptions?
    Computer analogy
    Schemas
    Internal mental processes
  • What is computer analogy?
    Comparing the mind to a computer
  • How is the brain like a computer?
    We take in information (input)
    We change / store it (process)
    We recall when necessary (output)
  • Computer analogy human example
    The phone recognises human faces in the same way a human recognise faces
  • What are internal mental processors
    Essential cognitive processes working together to enable us to make sense of and respond to the world around us
    Features, searching through memory, knowledge of language
    Humans are information processes
  • Examples of internal mental processors
    Perception
    Attention
    Memory
    Language
  • Internal mental processes human example
    Metacognition
    Awareness and understanding of one’s own processes
    For example, solving a math question
  • What are schemas
    Mental structures an individual uses to organise knowledge and guide cognitive processes and behaviour
  • How are schemas created?
    They are built up via social exchanges rather than personal interactions (e.g. Burglar)
    They are gaining from past experiences
    Interactions with others and the world around us
  • What are the type of schemas?
    Scripts such as the cinema
    Role schemas such as a nurse