| Who founded the cognitive approach | Ulric Neisser, German born American psychologist |
| What is cognitive approach | Comparing human mind to computer using Inferences, Theoretical models, and Schema |
| What is schema | The idea that information is stored as 'folders' in your brain, these develop through experience and everyone's schema is unique to themselves |
| What is fMRI machine | machine that scans blood flow in the brain, psychologists infer that this measures oxygen levels and therefore which parts of the brain are working |
| What are the advantages and disadvantages to the cognitive approach | Advantages-
allows useful insight into mental processes
can be used to treat certain disorders such as depression, using cognitive behavioral therapy.
use of scientific methods
Disadvantages-
Based on inferences, therefore psychologists are guessing the mental processes behind the behavior.
Reductionist, as comparing the human mind to a computer oversimplifies the mind, as computers can't process things such as emotion |
| What is cognitive neuroscience | Computer models which mimic the human mind, merges biological and cognitive approaches to psychology. |
