Cognitive Approach Evaluation Flashcards
What has the approach always employed? - scientific and object of measures
Highly controlled and rigorous methods of study in order to enable research - lab experiments to produce reliable data
What has the emergence of cognitive neuroscience enabled?
Two fields of biology and psychology to come together - credible scientific basis
What does machine reductionism ignore?
The influence of human emotion and motivation - which may affect our ability to process information
What does cognitive psychology occasionally suffer from? - application
Being too abstract and theoretical in nature - often carried out using artificial stimuli - lacks external validity
What is the cognitive approach in terms of determinism?
Soft determinism - it recognises all corners of system can only operate within the limits of what we know
