Evaluation of cog debate

Question 1

Is the cognitive approach determinism or free will?- Paiget

Answer 1

Determinism, develop interpretations through environment and social interactions
-Stereotypes through schemas
-Free will, therapy (we are changeable)
Paiget

Question 2

Determinism weekness?

Answer 2

Ideas of schemers is that we think in similar ways

Question 3

Determinism SEEW paragraph?

Answer 3

S- one limitation of the cognitive approach
E- Things aren’t in control
E-Palget - schemers are essentially a part of development, schemers require stereotypes. Blonde= dumb
W- Weakness as the idea of schemers is that we think in similar ways

Question 4

Is the cog approach reductionism or holism?

Answer 4

Reductionist
Reduces behaviour into internal mental processes, e.g. humans compared to computers, some causes behaviour to be overlooked

Question 5

Reductionist strength?

Answer 5

Allows psychology to help explain behaviour

Question 6

Reductionist weekness?

Answer 6

May overlook potential mental health issues

Question 7

Application of cognitive approach?

Answer 7

The innocence project (Loftus and Palmers help) says we have unreliability for eyewitness testimony’s 69% of more than 375 wrongful convictions that were overturned by post-conviction DNA evidence
-CBT frequently used by the NHS

Question 8

Strength of application?

Answer 8

Field of CBT helped many aspects of society from memory retrieval to an issues like mental health and law

Question 9

Application SEEW para?

Answer 9

S- One strength of the cog approach is application
E- One application is CBT
E- Explain why its good
W- Therefore this is a strength as can help many people

Question 10

Is it idiographic or nomothetic?

Answer 10

Nomothemic
we process info in a similar way, Computer analogy and Atkinson and Shiffrin- multi store memory suggests we all think the same
Schemas as they seem personal but we all have them

Question 11

Nomothetic weakness?

Answer 11

It overlooks personal factors, explaining mental health issues ignoring problems caused

Question 12

Is it nature vs nurture- Paiget

Answer 12

Neither
Although the approach consider the infuence and external influence of behaviour
Dosent nature vs nurture in enough detail e.g. fails to consider genetics
And nurture supports nature as interal mental processes
Paiget failed to consider the influence of culture on the development of thinking within children

Question 13

Weakness of nature v nurture?

Answer 13

Fails to recognise nature vs nurture
e.g. genetics facts approach to simplistic

Question 14

Is it scientific or unscientific?

Answer 14

Scientific
Controlled, objective and scientific method of research e.g. brain scans and lab study’s etc
Falsifiable cause and effect relationship

Question 15

Strengths of scientifics?

Answer 15

A cog psychology research tends to be relatable it has high levels of internal validity

Question 16

Scientific SEEW paragraph?

Answer 16

S- Another strength is that its scientific
E- An example of MRIs or brain scans
E- A strength as can cause a cause and effect relationship
W- Therefore, this is a strength as it can be easily repeated