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The cognitive level of analysis (CLA) is based on how mental processes such as perception, attention, language, memory and thinking behave. There are three underlying principles that define the CLA: one of t...

Localisation of function in the brain refers to the idea that specific areas of the brain have different or unique functions. A study that supports this idea and provided insight into the role of specific re...

The Fundamental Attribution Error occurs when a person overestimates the dispositional factors in someone’s behaviour and underestimates the situational factors. For example, if a student performs poorly on ...

Schemas are mental representations of cognitive structures that organise the information stored in our memory. They are knowledge structures that categorise general knowledge about the world. In Anderson and...

One study related to localisation of function in the brain is the famous case study of HM by Scoville and Milner (1957). As a child, HM suffered from severe epilepsy, in an attempt to improve his condition, ...