Approaches - Cognitive Flashcards
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Internal mental processes
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Processes the mind goes through in response to stimulus (e.g. attention, thoughts)
2
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Schema
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Ideas & information that may change through experiences
3
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Issues with schemas
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Brain may look for one thing when it is supposed to be looking for something else
4
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Theoretical models
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Diagrams of mental processes (e.g. multi-store model)
5
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Computer models
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Analogy of the brain being like a computer system
6
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Cognitive neuroscience
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Scientific study of influence of brain structure on mental processes
7
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Methods used by cognitive psychologists
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fMRIs & PET scans
8
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Strengths of the cognitive approach
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- Objective (highly controlled methods & combined cognitive and biological in cognitive neuroscience)
- Ecologically valid (contribution to AI & applied to treatment of depression)
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Limitations of the cognitive approach
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- Low population & ecological validity (abstract observations & artificial stimuli is unrepresentative)
- Machine reductionism (comparing humans & machines ignores influence of human emotion i.e. memory -> population validity weakened
