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Cognitive Approach - Coggle Diagram
Cognitive Approach
Schemas
Packages of information and idea developed through experience l
Allow us to make shortcuts to prevent over stimulation
Allows us to interpret and make sense of the world around us
Cause us to form stereotypes based on previous experiences
Differ between different people, no two shcmeas are the same
Assumptions
Internal mental process cam and should be studied scientifically
Investigate ares of human behaviour which were neglected by behaviourist
Study indirectly by making inferences from behaviour
Theoretical and Computer Models
Theoretical
Visual depiction of a mental process
Information Processing Approach
Information flows through the cognitive system in sequence of stages
Fetch-decode and execute cycle
Computer
Mind compared to computer
Similarities in the way information is processed
Emergence of Cognitive Neuroscience
1860 - Pual Broca
damage to an area of the frontal lobe could permanently impair speech production
fMRI & PET scans
scientists able to systematically observe and describe the neurological basis of the mental process
establishing the neurological basis for some mental disorders