Cognitive
- Created by: adelinacrudu
- Created on: 13-08-18 23:38
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- Cognitive Approach
- Evaluation
- strengths
- scientific and objective
- controlled and rigorous research - emerged with bio = credible & scientific basis
- everyday life application - research applied in many contexts
- artificial intelligence - revolutionise future lives
- less determinist
- soft determinism - limits but still free to think before responding
- behaviourist - passive slaves to environment
- flexible middle ground of free will and determinism
- behaviourist - passive slaves to environment
- soft determinism - limits but still free to think before responding
- scientific and objective
- limitations
- machine reductionism - computer analogy criticised
- human emotion and motivation influence recall - isn't considered in info models
- lacks external validity
- observation only - too abstract and theoretical
- research - artificial stimuli
- observation only - too abstract and theoretical
- machine reductionism - computer analogy criticised
- strengths
- Assumptions
- mental processes should be studies (contrast to behaviourist)
- inference
- can't be observed so studied indirectly - making inferences based on behaviour
- theoretical models
- info flows through sequences of stages (MSM)
- computer models - programmes that can be run on computers to imitate the human mind
- schema - info developed through experience
- 'mental framework' for interpretation on new info
- Babies - simple motor schema (sucking & grasping) Adults - more developed and sophisticated
- 'mental framework' for interpretation on new info
- cognitive neuroscience- influence of brain structure on mental processes
- Evaluation
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