the cognitive approach

how people perceive,store,manipulate and interpret information. also known as internal mental processes

input(in the enviroment) -> mediational processes (mental event) ->output(behaviour)

inference through observing behavioru

a cognitive framework that helps organise and interpret information in the brain.

Jacaobs (1887)

he concluded through inference from his findings that the capacity for short term memory is 2+/- 7 thi process has helped us understand the internal mental processes of memiry

simplifies representations of an internal mental process?

the representation of internal mental processes as a computing processed

the adjustment of a schema by adding information similar to what is already known

alterning ones existing ideas(schemas) about how the world operates in response to new information and experiences.

-they organise out experiences -they help us predict and understand the situation we are in -they guide our responses and behaviour -they provide a cognitive shortcut

arrows and boxes

internal mental processses are too complex too capture by oversimplifying these proceses, psychologists are able to provide simple explanation that can form the basis of experimentation and investigation. theoretical models can be adapted and changed as new research findings are published

the use of scanning techniques and the study of neurotypical individuals to locate the physical basis of cognitive processes in the brain

uses radioactivity to measure brain function

using magnetc imaging to measure brain structure