Cognitive Approach

What is meant by brain localisation in relation to the cognitive approach?

• Specific areas of the brain deal with specific cognitive functions.

• Cognitive psychologists are only interested in specific areas of the brain.

• Some areas of the brain are more important than others when understanding how the brain works.

• Some experimental methods can be used to isolate functioning to an localised area of the brain.

What key term describes a our memories and past experiences that influence cognitive processing?

• Schemas

• Inferences

• Mediational Processes

• Attributions

"organized units of knowledge that we have developed through experiences” - which term best describes this?

• Internal mental processes

• Inferences

• Schema

• Stroop Effect

Private actions/processes of the mind such as perception and attention.

• Internal mental processes

• Inferences

• Indirect learning

• Thinking

The cognitive approach is concerned with studying:

• Internal mental processes

• Unconscious processes

• Social learning

• Observable behaviour

Which of the following are studied by cognitive psychologists?

• Attention

• Memory

• Perception

• Thoughts

• Defence mechanisms

Which of the following best describes the cognitive approach in social studies?

• Focus on observable behavior

• Emphasis on unconscious processes

• Study of internal mental processes

• Analysis of social interactions

What is a key concept of the cognitive approach that involves the mental representation of the world?

• Schema

• Behaviorism

• Psychoanalysis

• Social learning

Which cognitive process is primarily concerned with how we interpret and understand sensory information?

• Perception

• Memory

• Attention

• Learning

In the cognitive approach, what term is used to describe the mental shortcuts that help us make decisions quickly?

• Heuristics

• Algorithms

• Biases

• Schemas