Approches- COG Flashcards
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Research
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- Kohlberg cognitive development theory
- Marcus and Overton
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Basic assumptions
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Adopts the use of scientific and experimental methods measure mental processes thereby, rejecting the psychodynamic use of introspection.
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Methods
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Computer models
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Strengths
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- focuses in internal mental processes, unlike behaviourists
- uses scientific experimental methods, unlike humanistic
- models such as information- processing approach have been effectively used to explain mental processes
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Limitations
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Cognitive model, criticised as over-simplistic- ignoring the complexities of the mind
Humans are viewed as machines with the crud comparison of the mind to a computer (soft ware and hardware)
