Cognitive (S+W)

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Cognitive (S+W)
  1. Tends to use a scientific approach through the use of laboratory experiments. Laboratory experiments are high in control therefore researchers are able to establish cause and effect.
    1. E.g. Loftus and Palmer were able to control the age of the participants, the use of video and the location of the experiment & All participants were asked the same questions.
      1. Standardised experiments are easy to test for reliability.
      2. Useful contributions that have arisen from this approach as many modern types of therapy are based on the cognitive approach. Understanding cognitive processes allows us to help people to improve their cognitive processes such as memory and language.
        1. E.g. Baron-Cohen et al. study enables us to better understand the behaviour of people with autism, Loftus and Palmers study highlights the limitations of eye-witness testimonies, Savage-Rumbaugh's research may offer strategies to help children with language difficulties to develop language or to use strategies such as the lexigram system.
          1. Able to provide a very sophisticated understanding of how the brain processes information.
          2. Validity of measuring cognitive processes as we can only infer what a person is thinking and therefore the cognitive approach relies heavily on self report measures and observation.
            1. E.g. we can only infer that adults with autism have theory of mind difficulties from the results of the Eyes Task or that pygmy chimps are really using language when they communicate through a Lexigram.
              1. Studies carried out in laboratory settings lack ecological validity. When processes such as memory and theory of mind are studied in artificial situations it may be difficult to generalise the findings to everyday life.
              2. Reliance on the computer analogy leads to a reductionist (idea that complex phenomena can be explained by simpler things) description of experiences and behaviour.
                1. The cognitive approach often ignores social and emotional factors which may impact on cognition. E.g. the autism study investigated just one central cognitive deficit as an explanation for autism.
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