cognitive approach Flashcards

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cognitive approach

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focused on how our mental processes eg thoughts and perceptions affect behaviour
-argues that internal mental processes can be studied scientifically

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internal mental processes

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private operations of the mind such as perception and attention that mediate between stimulus and response

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theoretical and computer models

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  • theoretical models- information processing approach- suggests that information flows through the cognitive system in a sequence of stages that include input, storage and retrieval as in the multi store model
  • computer models- mind is compared to a computer by suggesting there are similarities in the way information is processed
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role of schema

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  • a mental framework of beliefs and expectations that influence cognitive processing, they are developed from experience
  • babies are born with simple motor schema for innate behaviours such as sucking and grasping
  • schema enables us to process lots of information quickly and this is useful as a sort of mental short cut that prevents us from being overwhelmed by environmental stimuli
  • can distort our interpretations of sensory information leading to perceptual errors
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emergence of cognitive neuroscience

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  • the scientific study of the influence of brain structures on mental processes
  • aims to find out how the brain structures influence the way we process information and map mental cognitive functions to specific areas of the brain
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scientific and objective methods

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  • highly controlled and rigorous methods of study in order to enable researcher to infer cognitive processes at work
  • lab experiments produce reliable, objective data
  • cognitive neuroscience has enabled biology and cognitive psychology to come together
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machine reductionism

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computer analogy has been criticised- ignores the influence of human emotion and motivation on the cognitive system and how this may affect our ability to process information

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application to everyday life

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cognitive psychologists are only able to infer mental processes from the behaviour they observe in their research- suffers from being too abstract and theoretical
-lacks external validity

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real life application

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made an important contribution in the field of artificial intelligence and the development of robots

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less deterministic than other approaches

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soft determinism- recognised that our cognitive system can only operate within the limits of what we know, but that we are free to think before responding to a stimulus

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example- eye witness testimony

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  • johnson and scott (1976)- wanted to find out whether levels of anxiety had any effect on accuracy of recall of the witness
  • 49% man with pencil
  • 33% man with knife
  • high levels of anxiety- less likely to recall details and information
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