Cognitive approach

Question 1

What are the three studies in the cognitive approach?

Answer 1

• Laney - False memory
• Andrade - doodling
• Baron-Cohen - Reading the mind in the eyes

Question 2

What are the assumptions of the cognitive approach?

Answer 2

• behaviour and emotions can be explained in terms of cognitive processes such as Memory, Attention, Learning and thinking (MALT)
• Similarities and differences between people can be understood in terms of their individual patterns of cognition