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The Approaches: The Cognitive Approach Flashcards

1
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According to the cognitive approach what does our mind work like?

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A computer

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How is the cognitive approach different to the behaviorist approach?

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The cognitive approach suggests we actively process and organise information WHEREAS the behaviourist approach suggests we passively respond to stimuli

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What is meant by ‘inferences’

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Going beyond the immediate evidence to draw logical assumptions about internal mental processes

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Describe the three-stage process of the computer model

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INPUT (info from env.) –> PROCESS (we interpret) —-> OUTPUT (behaviour)

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What is one benefit of using models according to the cognitive approach?

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They provide testable theories about mental processing and can be studied scientifically

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What is meant by ‘schemas’?

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Mental representations

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How are ‘schemas’ created?

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Experience

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Where are ‘schemas’ held?

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In our LTM

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Name one reason why schemas are beneficial

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  • Can help us predict what might happen
  • Help us make quick decisions
  • Prevent us from being overwhelmed
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Name one reason why schemas may not be beneficial

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  • Biased recall / EWT; we will recall what we expect to see
  • Negative schemas may make an individual vulnerable to depression
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What are the three parts of the computer model?

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Input
Processing
Output

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What part of the depression topic is an example of the a computer model?

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Ellis ABC Model

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Name one example of a theoretical model?

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Multi-store model

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What is a theoretical model?

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Models can be used to provide testable theories about mental processing and can be studied scientifically and inferences made.

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Cognitive neuroscience is scientific study of brain/neurological structures, mechanisms, processes, chemistry that are responsible for

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Cognitive/mental/thinking processes

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Cognitive neuroscience has developed because of changes in technology. Name two brain imaging techniques used by cognitive neuroscientists?

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fMRI and PET scans

17
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Cognitive neuroscience works by comparing what and what do they want to identify

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People with a disorder to those without a disorder to identify the physical basis for cognitive processes in the brain

18
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Cognitive neuroscience argue which types of models are important to understand how individuals think?

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Computer Models

19
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Tulving used brain scans where he asked participants to complete tasks that used which two types of Long Term Memory (LTM)?

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Episodic and semantic memory

20
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Tulving argued that the two parts of LTM are located on opposite sides of which brain area?

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Pre-frontal cortex

21
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Think about DREAMS. What AO3 points could you use?

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Practical Applications
Soft Determinism
Scientific Methods

22
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What does the cognitive approach study?

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Internal mental processes

23
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How does the cognitive approach study behaviour?

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Scientifically, through lab experiments and brain scans

24
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What is an inference in cognitive psychology?

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Logical assumptions based on behaviour.

25
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What analogy does the cognitive approach use?

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Computer analogy

26
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What are the three stages in the information-processing model?

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Input, processing, output

27
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What is the output in the information-processing model?

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Behaviour or emotion

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What is a schema?

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Mental representation

29
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Where are schemas stored?

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Long-term memory (LTM)

30
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How are schemas formed?

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Through knowledge and experience

31
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What is one role of schemas?

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Make quick decisions

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Why might schemas be harmful?

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Cause biased recall

33
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How do schemas affect eyewitness testimony?

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Influence recall accuracy

34
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What internal factors affect behaviour, according to cognitive psychology?

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Internal mental processes

35
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What does high control over variables help establish?

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Cause and effect

36
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How do cognitive psychologists study ‘private’ mental processes?

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By making inferences

37
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How might a schema affect someone’s first impression of a person?

A

Stereotypical expectations

38
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How does the cognitive approach differ from the biological approach?

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Allows for some choice in behaviour

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