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Psychology approaches (The cognitive approach (Main assumptions (mental…
Psychology approaches
The cognitive approach
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Inferences and schemas
an inference is the act of drawing conclusions from evidence and using reasoning to assume how something is working
schemas are mental structures that represent an aspect of the world like an object or animal. Babies are born with simple schemas like grasping but as they grow up they become more developed
The computer analogy
this analogy compares the mind to a computer and analyses how we take in information (input) store and change it (processing) and then respond to that information by behaving in a different way
cognitive neuroscience
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Tulving: found that different types of long term memory may be located on different sides of the prefrontal cortex.
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