Cognitive area Flashcards
What are the defining principles of the cognitive area?
-Experiencing stimuli occurs through:
Inputting stimuli
Processing (previous experience)
Then response
-Focus on the mental processes involved in middle
What are the mental processes that cognitive psychology looks at?
Attention
Memory
Perception
Language
Thinking
Key concepts within cognitive area
Reconstructive memory
Schema theory
Auditory attention
Cocktail party effect
Strengths of cognitive area
Useful (practical applications) eg in interviews in how to reconstruct accurate memory
Uses lab experiments so heavily controlled = reliable and credible and valid
Not ethnocentric = cognition spans all cultures
Weaknesses of cognitive area
Lab experiments = Studies lack eco validity so processes in research not accurate to irl and demand characteristics
Can’t use observation but self report = flaws
