Cognitive perspective

... Cognitive perspective The cognitive perspective can be introduced by saying the mind is actively processing stimuli it receives and rearranging it into new forms and categories. Cognition refers to the mental processes of perception, memory reasoning and problem solving. Cognitive psychology focuses on the individual's mental processes, such as: - * Thoughts * Understanding * Ideas * Interpretations * Knowledge * Deciding * Reasoning * Planning The cognitive approach In a sense, this approach developed as a result of advances in technology and the understanding of brain function that started as a consequence of rapid expansion of knowledge triggered by Second World War. The new ways of handling vast amounts of information processing; while the training of pilots, E.G., led to advances in perception. In another sense, cognitive approach developed as a direct challenge to behaviourism. In this perspective, people's behaviour follows their thinking, while their thinking is a natural aspect of the brain. No person spearheaded the cognitive approach developed

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