Cognitive area

Question 1

What are the defining principles of the cognitive area?

Answer 1

-Experiencing stimuli occurs through:
Inputting stimuli
Processing (previous experience)
Then response
-Focus on the mental processes involved in middle

Question 2

What are the mental processes that cognitive psychology looks at?

Answer 2

Attention
Memory
Perception
Language
Thinking

Question 3

Key concepts within cognitive area

Answer 3

Reconstructive memory
Schema theory
Auditory attention
Cocktail party effect

Question 4

Strengths of cognitive area

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Weaknesses of cognitive area

Answer 5

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