cognitive approach ao3

Question 1

strength of cognitive - irl app

Answer 1

involved in dev ai and robots - revolutionise how we live in the future
used to explain and treat depression by identifying and challenging neg thoughts
analayse brain wave patterns during eyewitness testimony to see if false

Question 2

strength of cog - scientific method

Answer 2

controlled expirments
rigorous methods of study
so cog processes can be infered
lab studies - realiable objective data
emergence of cog neuroscience - enabled 2 fields biology and cog psych to come together to enhance scientfic basis of study thus study of mind has credible scientifc basis

Question 3

counter point for scientfic methods of cog psych

Answer 3

relies on inference of mental processes not direct obs of beh
too abstract or therotical in nature
studies of mental processes carried out using artificial stim eg word lists digit spans
dont represnet everyday expirnce
low external validity

Question 4

weakness of cog - machiene …

Answer 4

machiene reductionism
are similarties bet mind and operations of computer eg output input processing
but ignore human free will and emotion and motivation on cogntive sys and ability to process info
eg found that humsn mem affected by emotiinal factors eg influnence of anxiety on eye witness