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COGNITIVE APPROACH - Coggle Diagram
COGNITIVE APPROACH
COMPUTER MODELS
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concept of central processing unit (brain), concept of coding (turn info into useable format) and uses 'stores' to hold information
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INPUT (environmental stimuli), PROCESSING (encoded information can be processed), OUTPUT (behavioural response)
EVALUATION
SCIENTIFIC+ OBJECTIVE METHODS, highly controlled study to be able to infer cognitive processes at work. emergence enabled biology and cognitive processes to come together
APPLICATION FOR TREATMENT, produce good descriptions of what processes occur to inform treatments
OTHER APPLICATIONS, applied to range of contexts and has contributed to field of AI and development of thinking machines
MACHINE REDUCTIONISM, computer analogy criticised for ignoring impact of human emotion
GENERALISABILITY, research conducted in lab settings therefore less valid as participant responses not be accurate
ASSUMPTIONS
mental processes can be studied scientifically, unlike behaviourist
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'private' processes cant be observed so cognitive psychology investigates by indirectly making inferences from observable behaviour
the mind works like a computer, input from senses, processes in mind, outputs language/ behaviour
ROLE OF SCHEMA
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enables us to process lots of information quickly, short cut to stop us being overwhelmed by environmental stimuli
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COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
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emerged through technology advances, scanning machines advance so have ability to investigate brain activity