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The cognitive perspective focuses on how people process information, perceive, think, and solve problems. It examines mental processes such as memory, attention, language, and decision-making in understanding behavior and emotions. Cognitive psychologists study how individuals acquire, store, retrieve, and use information to make sense of the world.
An information processing perspective of development portrays cognitive development as a continuous process of acquiring, organizing, and using information efficiently. It emphasizes how children take in, process, and apply information from their environment to develop cognitive skills such as attention, memory, problem-solving, and decision-making. This perspective focuses on how individuals actively engage with their environment to learn and develop cognitive capacities.
Cognitive psychology is especially interested in how individuals take in, process, store, and retrieve information. This perspective focuses on mental processes such as perception, memory, thinking, and problem-solving. Researchers in cognitive psychology seek to understand how the mind functions and processes information to influence behavior.
The cognitive perspective was most influenced by developments in the fields of psychology and computer science, particularly in the study of how the mind processes information, solves problems, and makes decisions. Key figures such as Jean Piaget and Noam Chomsky played significant roles in shaping the cognitive perspective and its focus on mental processes.
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The cognitive perspective emphasizes how individuals store and retrieve information in the brain through processes such as memory encoding, storage, and retrieval. It focuses on how individuals process, organize, and make sense of information in order to influence behavior and decision-making.
The cognitive perspective in psychology focuses on how people think, process information, and problem-solve. It emphasizes the role of mental processes such as perception, memory, and decision-making in shaping behavior. This perspective helps researchers understand how individuals perceive and interpret their experiences, which ultimately influences their behaviors and emotions.
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thinking, reasoning, and problem solving
The social-cognitive perspective views hypnosis as a response due to different aspects of it, not as an altered state.