Cognitive Approach

Which definition best describes the term 'Schema'?

• A process of memory involving the transfer of information to internal mental structures.

• A reflection of an object or an event in the mind.

• A sequence of actions or events.

• A mental representation that influences our knowledge, beliefs and expectations.

The cognitive approach is primarily concerned with our.......

• unconscious processes

• internal mental processes

• biological processes

• behaviours

Which of the following is seen to be a weakness of the Cognitive Approach?

• It is scientific as uses lab experiments

• It is nomothetic and reductionist as assumed our minds all work like a computer

• It is useful as can be applied to reducing the cases of wrongful convictions

• It can be seen that we have free will to change our way of thinking through CBT

Which of the following is seen to be a strength of the Cognitive Approach?

• It is subjective as relies on self reports

• It is nomothetic and reductionist as assumed our minds all work like a computer

• It can be seen to reflect american culture more as research tends to be conducted here

• It can be seen that we have free will to change our way of thinking through CBT

Which of the following kinds of psychologists would most likely explore how we process and remember information?

• Behavioral

• Developmental

• Social

• Cognitive

Which of the following perspectives is most likely to address how the encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts?  

• Behavioral

• Psychodynamic

• Humanistic 

• Cognitive

Scientific study of the mind with a focus on thought processes

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Learning

• Social

This perspective compares the mind to a computer.

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Psychodynamic

• Neuroscience

Processes that involve changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language

• Constructs

• Cognitive Processes

• Pseudoscience

• Science

Schemas can be described as (select all / any that are true) .....

• stored mental representations of our world

• previous bias or stereotypes

• derived from past experiences

• expectations and stored knowledge