The cognitive approach posits that human behaviour is governed by:

The cognitive approach posits that human behaviour is governed by:

• A. The environment alone without mental processing
• B. How we process information from the environment
• C. Genetic determinism only
• D. Conscious desires only

Answer: (B)

The main idea being tested is that human behaviour is governed by mental processes involved in how we interpret and handle information from the environment. The cognitive approach treats the mind as an information processor: we take in sensory data, attend to it, encode it into memory, interpret or compare it with existing knowledge (schemas), and then use that processing to decide how to respond. In other words, the environment provides input, but our mental processing determines the output. This focus on internal processing distinguishes it from views that see behaviour as a direct reaction to stimuli, or as driven only by genetics or unconscious desires.

The main idea being tested is that human behaviour is governed by mental processes involved in how we interpret and handle information from the environment. The cognitive approach treats the mind as an information processor: we take in sensory data, attend to it, encode it into memory, interpret or compare it with existing knowledge (schemas), and then use that processing to decide how to respond. In other words, the environment provides input, but our mental processing determines the output. This focus on internal processing distinguishes it from views that see behaviour as a direct reaction to stimuli, or as driven only by genetics or unconscious desires.