assumptions

• according to cognitive approach, mental processes determine behaviour
• mental processes include

  • memory
  • perception
  • language
  • problem solving
• mental processes mediate between stimulus and response
• 1 - the stimulus is information that comes in through different senses

  2 - the mind actively processes this information

  3 - the response is the resulting behaviour
• cognitive psych means the processes that take place between the input of info into the brain and the resulting behaviour displayed