What is the cognitive school of thought?

The concept of the cognitive school of thought is that human beings absorb information from the environment to their senses and then they process this information mentally. This process entails organization, manipulation, storage as well as relating it to information that had been stored previously. A lot of the behaviors of people are determined by the way they think. The decisions, perceptions and memories are influenced by past knowledge and beliefs. Psychological disorders like depression can therefore be analyzed better through understanding the thought patterns of people

By Emily Muhandia, Kenya