Approaches- cognitive approach

Perception

How we experience the world through our five senses

Attention

A state of awareness in which the senses are focussed on a particular aspect of the environment

Information processing

Applying computer models to human mental processing

Memory

The ability to store and retrieve information

Schema

A unit of information that allow us to make sense of the world

Computer analogy

Comparison of the human mind with a computer

Input

The taking in of information

Process

Thinking, remembering, making decisions etc

Output

The response or action taken

Cognitive neuroscience

A combination of both cognitive psychology and neuroscience