The Cognitive Approach
Cognitive Model
Input in Mediationat
the → process →
Output
behaviour
environment mental event
•
Cognitive psychology focuses how on
people percieve , stove / Manipulate + interpret
information; studying Dioceses
like perception , memory +
thinking
.
It's necessary to look at internal mental
processes in order to understand behaviour
Main Assumptions
•
Study of internal mental processes
-
Information processing
-
computer + theoretical models
.
scientific methodology
-
Abnormality is faulty thinking
Internal Mental Processes
-
Mind is an active / conscious processor of
information
-
Between stimulus response there are a
+
number of complex mental processes →
work together to make sense of the world
-
Explaining behaviour understanding =
thinking
-
scientific methodology should be used
-
Use experiments to test thinking + make
inferences
Cognitive Model
Input in Mediationat
the → process →
Output
behaviour
environment mental event
•
Cognitive psychology focuses how on
people percieve , stove / Manipulate + interpret
information; studying Dioceses
like perception , memory +
thinking
.
It's necessary to look at internal mental
processes in order to understand behaviour
Main Assumptions
•
Study of internal mental processes
-
Information processing
-
computer + theoretical models
.
scientific methodology
-
Abnormality is faulty thinking
Internal Mental Processes
-
Mind is an active / conscious processor of
information
-
Between stimulus response there are a
+
number of complex mental processes →
work together to make sense of the world
-
Explaining behaviour understanding =
thinking
-
scientific methodology should be used
-
Use experiments to test thinking + make
inferences
