The Cognitive Approach

Cognition refers to..

• External Processes

• Head Processes

• Stomach Processes

• Mental Processes

Match the definition and keyword: The process by which we focus on particular sources of information rather than others and maintain this focus over time.

• Memory

• Attention

• Preception

• Thinking

An assumption of the approach is that..

• The internet is great

• Our brain is like a computer

• Our brain is a computer

• Social media is bad

Assumption 2: Our behaviour and emotions can be explained by..

• mental processes

• cognitive processes

• a psychologist

• ghosts

A strenght of this approach includes..

• labratory experiments

• matched experiments

• field experiments

• ecological validity

Some weakness include... (more than 1)

• real-world applications

• ecological validity

• reliabilty

• reductionism

Which has higher ecological validity?

• The social approach

• The cognitive approach

• Independent measures

• Repeated measures

How do you feel about the cognitive approach?

• Its good

• Its okay

• Its confusing

• I am completely lost

How do you feel about this class? some feedback please :)