Thursday, 28 March 2013

Key Components of the Cognitive Approach - Unit 1

Define Cognitive Psychology
-          The cognitive approach is about the role of cognitive and information processes in human behaviour (Know this definition)

Theories of Memory
-          Multi Store Model

-          Levels of Processing

Theories of Forgetting
-          Cue Dependent Theory

-          Interference Theory

Studies in detail (Will depend on your teacher’s preferences)
-          Craik and Tulving’s study of

-          Levels of Processing

-          Godden & Baddeley’s study of Cue Dependent Forgetting


Key Issue (Will depend on your teacher’s preferences)
-          “Why should psychology students revise more effectively than non-psychology students?”


How Science Works
-          Hypotheses
-          I.V and D.V
-          Experimental Methods
-          Experimental Design

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