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WorksheetsThe Cognitive Approach
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 17mins
The cognitive approach is concerned with studying:
Internal mental processes
Unconscious processes
Social learning
Observable behaviour
According to cognitive psychologists, the mind works like a (a)
(a) are the mental representations of experience and understanding.
Schemas are based on:
Past experiences
Future experiences
An individual's biology
An individual's family environment
Identify the correct statement
Assimilation of information into our schema causes them to strengthen
Accommodation of information into our schema causes us to adapt them
Accommodation of information into our schema causes us to strengthen them
Assimilation of information into our schema causes us to adapt them
Which of the following evaluative statements about schema are correct?
Schema enable us to rapidly process vast amounts of information
Schema ensure our memories are accurate
Schema can distort our interpretation of sensory information
Schema enables us to predict what may happen in our environment.
Schema can lead us to becoming overwhelmed by environmental stimuli
What models do cognitive psychologists use to make inferences about mental processes?
The iceberg analogy model
Theoretical models
Computer models
Human biology models
Which statements are true about making inferences?
It involves going beyond immediate evidence
It only uses immediate evidence
It involves making assumptions about observable behaviours
It involves making assumptions about mental processes that cannot be observed
(a) Models refer to the use of flow charts and diagrams to represent and simplify the process of human thinking.
Theoretical models are:
Easy to read, interpret and understand
Difficult to read, interpret and understand
Frequently adapted
Consistent across time
Computer models demonstrate how the (a) is similar to a computer.
______________ _____________ refers to the scientific study of how brain structures/processes are responsible for cognitive processes.
(a)
Cognitive neuroscience combines what?
Cognitive and biological processes
Cognitive and behaviourist processes
Cognitive and psychodynamic processes
Cognitive and social learning processes
Cognitive and humanistic processes
Which of the following methods would most likely be associated with cognitive neuroscience?
Brain scanning techniques
Interviews
Observations
Brain surgery
Cognitive psychologists developed who's work by making it more scientific?
Wundt's
Pavlov's
Freud's
Maslow's
Bandura's
Cognitive psychologists typically carry out laboratory-based experiments. This means the research is:
Typically easy to replicate
Typically high in mundane realism
Typically high in ecological validity
Typically low in mundane realism
Typically low in ecological validity
Making inferences can be criticised for being:
Objective
Subjective
