Evaluating The Cognitive Approach: Strengths Flashcards
What Are The 3 Strengths Of The Cognitive Approach?
- Mediational Processes
- Important Contributions
- Scientific Approach
How Does The Cognitive Approach Have A Major Advantage, Especially In Comparison To The Behaviourist Approach?
The cognitive approach has mediational processes between the stimulus and response, whereas the behaviourist approach does not.
What Are The Importance Of These Mediational Processes?
Mediational processes, such as perception and memory, affect the way we respond to the stimuli of the world around us.
What Research Has Been Done (Regarding The Mediational Processes) About Retrieval Cues?
Cognitive psychologists looked at how retrieval cues can improve the recall of memories.
In What Way Has CBT Been Successful?
CBT has been successful in treating disorders such as depression.
What Area Of Psychology Has The Cognitive Approach Made Important Contributions To?
Developmental Psychology
What Theory Did Piaget (1970) Develop In Regards To The Way Children Think?
He suggested that children do not think in the same way as adults.
What Is An Example Of Piaget’s Theory, Suggesting That Children Do Not Think In The Same Way As Adults?
Children around age 8 or 9 cannot think in the abstract, but only in concrete form.
What Did Piaget’s Theory, Suggesting That Children Do Not Think In The Same Way As Adults, Change The Way That Primary School Children Are Taught?
Teachers realised it was important to use concrete examples when teaching children, for example, using counting sticks when teaching maths.
What Is The Main Example Of The Cognitive Approach’s Contributions To Memory Research?
Loftus and Palmer (1974)
What Impacts Did Loftus And Palmer’s Research Have On Police Interviewing Techniques?
The abolishment of leading questions during police interviewing, due to eye-witness accounts being easily distorted by post-event information.
Why Is The Cognitive Approach Being A Scientific Approach, A Strength?
It lends itself to objective and controlled scientific research.
Where Has Lots Of Memory Research Taken Place, And Using What Techniques?
In laboratories, while using different types of brain scans, e.g. PET scans or MRI scans.
What Is The Field Of Cognitive Psychology Called, That Is Devoted To Trying To Pinpoint Exact Biological Mechanisms Involved In Our Cognitive Processes?
Cognitive Neuroscience
