approaches not in exam

Question 1

what does the frontal lobe do

Answer 1

involved with functions such as speech, thought and learning.

Question 2

what does the parietal lobes do

Answer 2

processes sensory information such as touch, temperature and pain

Question 3

what does the occipital lobe do

Answer 3

process visual information

Question 4

What are the functions of the temporal lobe?

Answer 4

involved with hearing and memory

Question 5

what is neurochemistry?

Answer 5

It’s the study of chemical and neural processes associated with the nervous system

Question 6

what does the biological approach do?

Answer 6

it views humans as biological organisms and so provides biological explanations for all aspects of psychological functioning.

Question 7

Define genotype

Answer 7

genetic makeup of an individual.

Question 8

Define phenotype

Answer 8

the observable characteristics of an individual

Question 9

What is a computer model?

Answer 9

Refers to the process of using computer analogies as a representation of human cognition.

Question 10

What is Assimilation?

Answer 10

The process of adding new information to an existing schema

Question 11

What is Accommodation?

Answer 11

When an old schema has to be adapted, or a new schema has to be created

Question 12

Describe the first experiment of the cognitive approach (jacob, 1887)

Answer 12

Jacob (1887)
Procedure: Participants were given a list of numbers and letters. The length of the lists was increased until participants were unable to recall the numbers in the correct order.
Findings: Found that participants could recall on average 9 numbers and 7 letters.

Question 13

Describe the second experiment of the cognitive approach (Bahrick, 1975)

Answer 13

Bahrick (1975)
Procedure: 17-74-year-olds were shown photos containing some ex-school friends and asked to identify the photos.
Findings: After 15 years recall was 90%, after 48 years recall was 70%.

Question 14

Explain Wundt’s role in the emergence of Psychology

Answer 14

1. He separated psychology from philosophy
2. Introduced introspection into psychology which is still used today.
3. Introduced the scientific method into psychology-

Question 15

Give some limitations of the cognitive approach

Answer 15

studies may lack ecological validity - lots of studies use tasks that have little in common with everyday life.
It ignores emotion and motivation - it fails to tell us why these cognitive processes take place.

Question 16

Give some strengths of the cognitive approach.

Answer 16

it has many applications - it’s been applied to many other areas of psychology e.g social psychology.
it’s scientific - good use of the experimental method.