After Patient HM operation, couldn't form any new LTM but STM fine.
Lab study
Highly controlled.
Cause and effect established.
Standardised procedure allow study replicated to check reliability = increases credibility of approach as based on highly scientific evidence.
Real Life Application - Cognitive Interview
Prevent influence of negative schema and get more accurate and reliable info.
Change order of events recalled - (last thing recalled first) harder to reconstruct story based on schema and so more likely to tell what acc happened.
Real Life Application - Treating Depression
CBT assumes people with depression have faulty thinking - affects way feel and behave.
Negative self schemas .
CBT focuses on challenging irrational thoughts and turning them into rational ones.
Soft Determinism
Behaviour determined by internal and external factors but we can also exert free will.
