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Psychological Explanations: Cognitive Explanations Flashcards

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1
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What are the two types of cognitive explaination?

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  • Level of moral reasoning

- Cognitive distortion

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What is the level of moral reasoning?

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Process which an individual draws upon their own value system to determine whether an action is right or wrong

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Who proposed the stages of moral development?

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Kolhberg

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What are the different levels of moral developments?

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  • Level 1 = pre conventional morality
  • Level 2 = Conventional morality
  • Level 3 = Post conventional morality
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When does the pre conventional morality stage normally occur?

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Up to 9 years old

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When does the conventional morality stage normally occur?

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9 to adolescence

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When does the post conventional morality stage normally occur?

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Adolescence +

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8
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Finish the sentence: The higher the stage the more….

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sophisticated with reasoning

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9
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What personality does people with a higher stage tend to have?

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  • More sympathy
  • Reasoning depends more on the right of other people
  • More convectional behaviours
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What are different types of convectional behaviours?

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Honesty, generosity and non-violence

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What did Kohlberg et al (1973) do?

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Moral dilemma on criminal offenders and non-criminals

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What did Kohlberg et al (1973) find?

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Offenders have a more preconventional level whilst non-criminals have progressed to conventional and beyond

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How is preconvectional characterised by?

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  • Need to avoid punishment and gain a reward

- Less mature

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What did Kolhberg suggest why a criminal may commit a crime based on the stages of moral reasoning?

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Offenders only commit a crime if punisment is avoided or gain a reward

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What did Chandel (1973) find about the offenders personality?

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  • more self-centred (egocentric)

- less sympathetic

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What is cognitive distortion?

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Fault, biased and irrational way of thinking that mean we perceive ourselves, other people and the world inaccuracy and negatively

17
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What are two examples of cognitive distortion?

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  • hostile attribution bias

- minimalisation

18
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What is hostile attribution bias?

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Judge ambiguous situations/action as aggressive and/or threatening when in reality they may not be

19
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What type of cognitive distortion did Schönenberg and Justye (2014) study?

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Hostile attribution bias

20
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What did Schönenberg and Justye (2014) find?

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Violent offender more likely to perceive ambiguous facial expressions as aggressive. (Misreading of non-aggressive cues)

21
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What is minimisation?

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Downplaying significance of an event or emotion (common strategy when dealing with feelings of guilt)

22
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What types of cognitive distortion did Pollock and Hashmall (1991) study?

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Minimalisation

23
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What did Pollock and Hashmall (1991) find?

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  • 35% of sample of child molesters argued the crime they committed was non-sexual
  • 36% said the victim consented
24
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Did Palmer and Hollin (1998) support or limit the levels of moral reasoning?

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Support

25
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What did Palmer and Hollin (1998) do?

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Used a scale of 11 moral dilemma-related questions on criminals and non-criminals

26
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What did Palmer and Hollin (1998) find?

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Offender less mature moral reasoning than control group

27
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Who argues against Palmer and Hollin (1998)?

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Blackburn (1993)

28
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What did Blackburn (1993) argue?

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Delinquents May show poor moral development due to lack of role playing in childhood

29
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Who suggests they may be a better theory of moral reasoning?

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Gibbs (1979)

30
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How did Gibbs improve Kohlberg’s theory?

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  • Mature guided by conscience

- Immature guided by reward and avoidance by punish reasoning

31
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Why did Gibbs say that Kohlberg’s theory be abandoned?

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  • Culturally biased (towards Western culture)

- Does not represent ‘natural’ maturation stage of cognitive development

32
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What is the application of cognitive distortion?

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Help treat criminal behaviour by therapies such as CBT

33
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As studies shown a correlation in reduction of denial and minimisation in therapy?

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Yes

34
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Is there an individual differences in levels of moral reasoning?

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Yes

35
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Why is there being an individual difference in levels of moral reasoning?

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Not all personals may fit in the correct levels of stages

36
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Is the cognitive explanation explanatory or descriptive?

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Descriptive

37
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Is it a limitation that the cognitive explanation being descriptive?

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Yes

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