Cognitive Pack One - Case Studies And Qualitive Data

Question 1

4 key assumptions of cognitive

Answer 1

Thoughts influence behaviours , thought act as meditationalnprocesses between stimulus and behavioural response
Humans are information processors
The mind operates in a similar way to a computer
Internal mental processes can and should be investigated scientifically

Question 2

Describe the brain as a computer metaphor

Answer 2

It’s a storage system that revives information from the environment and then produces an output
Computer hardware in the brains structure and the software is the experiences we have that write into the programs / system

Question 3

Most commonly used research method

Answer 3

Experimental research

Question 4

What is cognitive neuropsychology

Answer 4

The study of patients with brain damage to determine the impact of the damage on capacity and functioning

Question 5

Therapy that uses cognitive ideas

Answer 5

Cognitive bahavioural therapy for depression and anxiety

Question 6

Four topics studied

Answer 6

Memory
Language
Problem solving
Thinking

Question 7

Nature nurture debate

Answer 7

Some people feel that our thoughts and cognitions are determined by our make up and out internal characteristics and other people believe that they are learned

Question 8

The case study of H.M

Answer 8

At the age of 7 was knocked down by a bicycle had minor epileptic seizures by the age of 10 at 16 became major seizures
Could no longer work by 27
Monitored bu William scoville
Had a bilateral mesial temporal lobe resection removed 5cm of bilateral mesial temporal cortex and 2/3 of his hippocampus
Successfully controlled his epilepsy but had serious effects on him memory