Cognitive Approach Flashcards
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How do humans store information?
A
Like a computer
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Q
What does it study?
A
Mental processes
2
Q
How is it researched?
A
Scientifically
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Q
What does it mediate between?
A
Stimulus and response from the 5 senses
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How is it researched ?
A
In a lab
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Q
What is the simple model of how information is processed through the brain?
A
Stiumlus: input > storage > output :Response
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Q
Outline two strengths of this study?
A
- it has strengths of a scientific approach as it uses experimental techniques
- shows importance of meditational processes such as perception and thinking that occur between stimulus and response.
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Q
Outline 2 limitations of this study?
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- a lack of integration, though it says it exists in psychology no single coherent theory links with these
- comparing human brains to computer is emphasising ‘man as machine’ which may offend some.
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Q
Which approach is it better than the cognitive and why?
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The behaviourist approach as it observes the outside of you in how you behave instead of what happens in your head.
