2.4 Cognitive key question Flashcards
1
Q
What is your cognitive key question?
A
How can knowledge of psychology be used to help treat people suffering with dementia?
2
Q
What is the AO1 for your cognitive key question?
A
BASIC FACTS
- Affects 850,000 people in UK
- Set to rise to 1 million people by 2025
- Most common cause is Alzheimer’s
- 40,000 people under 65yrs in UK with dementia
SYMPTOMS
- loss of memory
- Confusion
- Depression
- Mood swings
- Exhaustion
- Dementia is terminal
There is no cure but you can delay the onset of dementia.
3
Q
Answer your cognitive key question.
A
:)
4
Q
What could be the AO2 for your cognitive key question?
A
Tulving, LTM episodic + semantic, using stuff they know
Bartlett, reconstructive memory, schemas
(look on psych wizard)
