EVAL OF COGNTIVE APPROACH Flashcards
what three evaluation points are there for cognitive approach?
scientific and objective methods
application to irl
machine reductionism
the cognitive approach uses….
scientific and objective measures
what does scientific ad objective methods allow?
controlled and rigorous methods to infer
the cognitive approach uses ___ experiments
lab experiments to produce reliable, objective data
cognitive approach using scientific measures increases the…
internal validity of experiments and means that we can trust inferences made
the cognitive approach lacks…
application to real life
how does the cog approach lack application to real life?
only able to infer from behaviour observed in research
what does cog approach usually suffer from due to inference?
too abstract and theoretical in nature
in addition cog approach lacks app to real life due to…
artificial stimuli such as word list which is unrepresentative of real life
what does the cog approach lack since it lacks app to real life?
lacks external validity, we cannot rely on all the information that it gives us because of the way that it is collected
what is machine reductionism?
since the cog approach uses computer models, we can see similarities e.g. input, output but it ignores human emotion and motivation
what is important about human emotion and motivation?
it affects our ability to process information
what research show that human memory is affected by emotion?
influence of anxiety on eyewitness testimonies i.e research into influence of anxiety on memory by Yuille and Cutshall as well as Johnson and Scott
what does machine reductionism lower in the cog approach?
the external validity and practical application of the approach because we are not a simple as computers
