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Cognitive Psychology (Soruces (https://www.verywellmind.com/cognitive…

- - - - Comparison between human and computer processing of information.
      - The development of better experimental methods.
      - Dissatisfaction with the behaviourist approach because of its emphasis on external behaviour rather than internal processes.
        
        Behaviourists said that internal behavior could not be objectively measured as we cannot see what happens in a person’s mind.
        
        When the behavioural approach came to a dead end because of its limitations.
        
        Researchers began to study the processes of
        
        Reasoning
        
        Language
        
        Memory
        
        Imagination
        
        This is when psychologists started believing that internal mental behavior could be scientifically studied using experiments.
- - - - This is achieved through
        
        The use of certain data collection tools like questionnaires, interviews or observations.
        
        The data collected provides evidence used to
        
        Disprove theories
        
        Support theories
  - - - This method uses deductive reasoning
        
        It verifies a hypothesis with the help of factual data
        
        Figures
        
        Calculations