cognitive approach

• what is the cognitive approach ?

  how our mental processes affect our behaviour
• what is an internal mental proces ?

  private operations of the mind such as perception and attention
• what is a schema ?

  a mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence our mental processing based on experiences
• what is inference ?

  an assumption made based on observed behaviour
• what is cognitive neuroscience ?

  the way our brain structure affects our behaviour
• what is the evaluation of the cognitive approach ?

  real life application - ewt

  machine reductionism - computer

  objective and scientific - lab experiment