Cognitive Area

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  • Created by: Riri2001
  • Created on: 21-12-17 14:28

Cognitive Area

Advantages

  • One strength of the cognitive area is it supports psychology being a science, because it often uses the laboratory experimental method to study behaviour.
  • This area can also be considered useful as its theories have led to many good practical applications e.g. understanding what factors can result in us reconstructing our memory has led to changes in the judicial system about the use of leading questions on memory

Disadvantages

  • One weakness of the cognitive are it often relies of self-report to investigate mental processes.
  • Another weakness is studies conducted in laboratory settings can often lack ecological validity.

Evaluation

The Cognitive area focuses on understanding the mental processes behind our behaviour, thoughts and feelings, such as memory.perception and attention. It compares the human mind to a computer where information is uploaded- interpreted and retrieved.

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