COGNITIVE: overall evaluation Flashcards

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Interactionist

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  • strength is its stance in nature nurture debate
  • debate is whether approach explains behaviour in terms of innate factors of environmental factors
  • interactionist best as takes into account all factors in its explanation of behaviour
  • cognitive interactionist and sees behaviour as product of of interactions between innate and environment
  • universal internal mental processes (nature) and how the enviro impacts behaviour via schemata and memory (nurture)
    —> interactionist
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Determinist

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  • weakness - believes behaviour is not under our control
  • moral implications of how behaviour is explained. Determinism sees behaviour as product of forces beyond control of the individual, leading to conclusion that we have no control over our actions
  • cognitive allows some degree of free will but assumes controlled by internal mental processes such as schemas which shape our thinking and view of world
  • explain mental illness in terms of how we perceive ourselves in the world
    —> deterministic
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Reductionist

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  • weakness - not a complete view of causes of behaviour
  • break down complex behaviour into smaller, easier to understand bits. Reductionist is scientific as produces testable explanations
  • can over simplify complex behaviour which gives a limited explanation
  • computer analogy compares human mind to a computer - humans significantly more complex ie emotions, genetics, evolution etc and so too simple to explain it like a computer
    —> reductionist (not a comprehensive explanation)
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Nomothetic

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  • weakness - generalises behaviour for everyone
  • concerned with similarities we share with others and use it to establish laws or generalisations that are universal
  • cognitive approach uses laboratory methods ie loftus and palmer with verbs and speed estimates, then assume that their sample of 195 college students can be generalised to everyone
    —> nomothetic (cannot explain individual differences)
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Application

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  • strength
  • influenced many areas of psychology and is one of its biggest strengths. Applied cognitive psychology
  • CBT which uses assumption of internal mental processes to explain irrational thoughts and challenge them, making them rational. Faulty processing in computer analogy lead to mental illness
    —> treat depression, anxiety etc - 71% of 58 patients with Cahill et al showed reduction of symptoms
    —> application in real world
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Scientific

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  • strength
  • uses controlled research methods to investigate behaviour ie labs
  • enable relationships to be established between IVs and DVs = scientific
  • Loftus and Palmer - control of variables, IV and DV, internal validity, standardised procedures which are replicable
    —> scientific validity
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