Cognitive
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- Created on: 29-11-12 15:48
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- Cognitive
- Weakness
- Models it uses criticised for being simplistic
- Mechanistic (treats humans like machines) we have thought feelings that influence how we process info
- Many theorys based on lab experiments low eco valid
- Strengths
- Shows we can study internal mental processes, using scientific methods
- Can be applied to treatment of mental illness, how childrens understanding develops
- Unlike humanist approach uses scientific methods so empirical evidence to support
- Assumptions
- Thought processes should be studied as they are important memory, perception, attention and cognitive development
- Cognitive processes mediate between stimulus and response
- Human mind works/processes similar way to a computer (comp analog)
- Internal processes can be studied scientifically using lab experiments
- uses models to explain how mediational processes work
- Weakness
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