1
Q
Cognitive Approach
According to the cognitive approach, how does our mind work?
A
- Like a computer
2
Q
Cognitive Approach
What are the three stages of the computer model?
A
- INPUT (info from environment) > PROCESS (we interpret) > OUTPUT (behaviour)
3
Q
Cognitive Approach
What are schemas?
A
- Mental representations
- Packages of information
4
Q
Cognitive Approach
How are schemas created?
A
- Experience
5
Q
Cognitive Experience
Where are schemas held?
A
- Long term memory
6
Q
Cogntive Approach
Why are schemas beneficial?
A
- Can help us predict what might happen
- Help us make quick decisions
- Prevent us from being overwhelmed
7
Q
Cognitive Approach
Why might schemas not be beneficial?
A
- Biased recall, we will recall what we expect to see
- Affects eyewitness testimony
8
Q
Pyschodynamic Approach
Who created the psychodynamic approach?
A
- Sigmund Freud
9
Q
Psychodynamic Approach
This approach focuses on which experiences?
A
- Past, relationships with parents
10
Q
Psychodynamic Approach
According to this approach how mnay parts of the mind are there?
A
- Three
11
Q
Psychodynamic Approach
What does the unconscious mind contain?
A
- Information we are not consciously aware of
Pyschology
flashcards
Decks in class (8)
# Cards
