The Cognitive Approach Flashcards

(29 cards)

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The cognitive approach is a direct contrast to the

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Behaviourist approach

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The cognitive approach argues that

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Mental processes should be studied

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Mental processes are ‘private’ and cannot be observed so

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Cognitive psychologists study them indirectly by making assumptions about what’s going on inside people’s heads on the basis of their behaviour

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The information processing approach suggests that

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Information flows through a sequence of stages

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What are the stages in the information processing approach?

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Input
Storage
Retrieval
Basically the multi-store model

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Computer models refer to programmes that can be run

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On a computer to imitate the human mind

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By running a programme on a computer, psychologists can test whether their

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Ideas about information processing are correct

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Schema are

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Packages of information developed through experience

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Schema act as a

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‘Mental framework’ for the interpretation of incoming information received by the cognitive system

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Baby’s are born with simple motor schema for

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Innate behaviours such as sucking and grasping

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As we get older, our schema become more

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Detailed and sophisticated

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Cognitive neuroscience is the scientific study of the

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Influence of brain structures (neuro) on mental processes (cognition)

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With advances in brain scanning technology

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Scientists have been able to describe the neurological basis of mental processing

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Scanning techniques have also proved to be useful in establishing

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the neurological basis of some disorders

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15
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Cognitive psychologists have always employed

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controlled and rigorous methods of study

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Because cognitive psychologists always use methods such as lab studies, this has enabled the two fields of

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Biology and cognitive psychology to come together

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Merging biology and cognitive psychology means that the study of the mind has established

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A credible scientific basis

18
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Although there are similarities between the

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Operations of the human mind and a computer, the computer analogy has been criticised

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Human emotion and motivation have been shown to

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Influence accuracy of recall - these factors are not considered within the information-processing model

20
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The cognitive approach oversimplifies

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Human cognitive processing and ignores important aspects that influence performance

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Cognitive psychologists are only able to infer

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Mental processes from the behaviour they observe so the approach sometimes suffers from being too abstract and theoretical

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Research is often carried out using

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Artificial stimuli, such as recall of a words list in memory studies

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Research into cognitive processes may lack

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Ecological validity

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The cognitive approach is dominant in psychology today and

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Has been applied to a wide range of practical and theoretical contexts

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Cognitive psychology has made a positive contribution to the field of
Artificial intelligence and the development of robots
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Cognitive psychology has the potential to change
The future
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The cognitive approach is based on which kind of determinism?
Soft determinism
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Soft determinism recognised our cognitive systems can only operate within
Certain limits but that we are free to think before responding to a stimulus
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The cognitive approach being based on soft determinism is in contrast to the behaviourist approach which suggests
That we are passive slaves to the environment and lack free choice in our behaviour