Paper 2 PQs Flashcards
“Discuss Wundt’s role in the emergence of psychology as a science.” (8 marks)
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‘father of psychology’
-set up 1st psych lab in Germany
-made use of standardised procedures
-first attempt to analyse human consciousness
-developed the method of introspection (breaking up conscious awareness in the mind into thoughts, images and consciousness)
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STRENGTH
-introduces scientific principles
-all introspections under strict, controlled conditions (same environment, same stimulus)
-lead to the development of other approaches eg. behaviourism
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WEAKNESS
-introspection relies on subjective data
-based on ones’ personal experiences and perspectives, heavily produces subjective data
-extremely difficult to establish general rules/ laws about human behaviour, experiences and perspectives are extremely unique
“Outline and briefly discuss cognitive neuroscience.” (8 marks) not completed
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-cognitive neuroscience forms part of the behaviourist approach
-the scientific study of biological structures that underpin/ influence our cognitive processes
-cognitive neuroscience aims to explore the neurobiological basis of thought processes and disorders
-cognitive neuroscience has emerged with improvements in technology such as PET scans
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-has real world application when it comes to treatment.
-cognitive psychologists managed to link biological structures in the brain to abnormal behaviour, has developed the field of neurosugery
“Explain one reason why using schema might be useful and one reason why they might not be helpful.”
(4 marks)
-might be helpful as they help us process and access information quickly as they create menta shortcuts for informarion
-this is helpful because it helps us obtain information quicker meaning less time spent thinking
-might be unhelpful as they can cause perceptual errors when interpreting information
-helpful because it would cause us to percieve things incorrectly when attempting to interpret information
“Outline what is meant by cognitive neuroscience.”
(4 marks)
-scientific study of biological structures (brain/neurological) that influence our cognitive processes
-has helped researchers as they have been able to systematically observe and explain the neurological basis as of our internal mental process
-for example, researchers could look into the cognition of our memory by investigating the biological structures of the different areas of our brain
