The Cognitive Approach

Question 1

strengths:

The cognitive approach has many applications

Answer 1

in psychopathology, this approach has been used to explain how much of the dysfunctional behaviours shown, can be traced back to faulty thinking processes and thus has led to successful treatments of illness’

Question 2

strengths:

The cognitive approach is scientific

Answer 2

cognitive psychologists use scientific methods which is a strength because the experimental method uses rigorous methods which forms accurate conclusions about how the mind works

Question 3

limitations:

limitations of computer models

Answer 3

information processing in computers compared to in the human mind, are very different. Computers also do not make mistakes or forget whereas humans do

Question 4

limitations:

ignores emotions and motivation

Answer 4

this approach fails to tell us WHY these cognitive processes take place; emotions and motivation have largely been ignored