Cognative KQ

Question 1

What is the Cognitive key question?

Answer 1

How can psychologists understanding of memory help dementia patients?

Question 2

Why is it the cognitive key question?

Answer 2

• Dementia is a growing issue
• 44 million people worldwide suffer with dementia
• cost the economy over £360 Billion
• Each dementia patient cost £28500 per year
• Currently no treatment

Question 3

How does knowledge from cognitive psychology apply to dementia?

Answer 3

Tulving LTM - Episodic memories (Autobiographical) are affected before semantic (factual) explains why dementia patients loss most recent memories first - Diaries and notes can aid this
Baddeley - Dementia study found that they struggled with dual tasks (verbal + visual) Therefore when speaking to a dementia patient make sure there is no external distraction so they can focus on what you are saying

Question 4

What are the limitations to how much cognitive psychology can help dementia patients?

Answer 4

• Tulving - Casestudy = less reliable
• These models only tell us strategies not a cure
• Theories oversimplified = limit findings
• Lack EV as the tasks are artificial

Question 5

Summary of cognitive KQ

Answer 5

Can only explain to an extent as only gives stratergies to help not a cure
Tells us that dementia is worldwide issue that can be explained partially by cognitive psychologists
However studies are oversimplified + lack EV
Tulving explains that external memory sources can help patients remember recent events