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main assumptions
cognitive psychologists
believe behaviour is due to internal mental processes that can be
scientifically
tested
comparisons can be made between the human mind and a computer
theoretical models
visual diagrams that show how
internal
mental processes
work
msm uses arrows and boxes to represent the different
memory stores
computer models
cognitive psychology
and computer studies share the same vocabulary
argue mind processes information in the same way as a computer
'
information processing model
'
schemas
cognitive
frameworks
that are used to speed up
information
processing
refined through
experience
allow process of information and inform
behaviour
in new situations
cognitive neuroscience
combines the assumptions of the
cognitive
and
biological
approaches
creates a map of the
brain
and identify which brain areas are responsible for certain
cognitive functions
uses scans like
fMRI
and
PET
cognitive approach
evaluation
uses
scientific
and objective methods
used
lab studies
to investigate cognitive processes
can make
inferences
about the way we process information
can establish
causality
due to high degree of control
cognitive approach
evaluation
based on
machine reductionism
brain is more complex than a
computer
humans can feel
emotions
and have free will to say no where as computers always respond to
imput
cognitive approach evaluation
soft determinism
acknowledges our cognitive system functions on certain limits but it also suggests we are free to think before we respond
however
behaviourism
suggests behaviour is down to just socialisation
takes a more reasonable and flexible position