Cognitive Approach

What is the main focus of the cognitive approach?

• Study of mental processes

• Study of brain anatomy

• Analysis of behavior

• Investigation of social interactions

Which subtopic of the cognitive approach deals with the processes involved in acquiring, storing, and retrieving information?

• Memory

• Language

• Attention

• Perception

What is the term used to describe the process of transforming sensory information into meaningful patterns?

• interpretation

• transformation

• sensation

• perception

What are the three main processes involved in memory according to the cognitive approach?

• encoding, storage, and retrieval

• attention, perception, and recognition

• input, processing, and output

• encoding, retrieval, and forgetting

Which subtopic of the cognitive approach focuses on how we selectively attend to certain stimuli while ignoring others?

• memory

• perception

• language

• attention

What is the term used to describe the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information?

• cognition

• sensation

• stimulation

• perception

What are the three stages of information processing according to the cognitive approach?

• encoding, storage, and retrieval

• input, processing, output

• analysis, synthesis, evaluation

• perception, attention, memory

Which subtopic of the cognitive approach focuses on how we acquire, process, and use information?

• information processing

• social learning

• behaviorism

• cognitive development

What is the term used to describe the process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information in memory?

• memory encoding

• memory storage

• memory retrieval

• memory consolidation

What are the two main types of memory according to the cognitive approach?

• procedural memory and declarative memory

• short-term memory and long-term memory

• implicit memory and explicit memory

• working memory and sensory memory