cognitive approach ao3

• What methods are emphasized in scientific research according to the study material?

  Scientific and objective methods
• What is the significance of lab experiments in scientific research?

  They produce reliable, objective data
• How has cognitive neuroscience impacted the study of the mind?

  It has enabled two fields to come together
• What has the study of the mind established?

  A credible scientific basis
• What does machine reductionism ignore in cognitive psychology?

  The influence of human emotion and motivation on the cognitive system
• How can emotional factors affect human memory?

  Research has found that human memory may be affected by emotional factors
• What are the issues with validity in cognitive psychology research?

  • Experimental studies often use artificial stimuli
  • Tests of memory may not represent everyday memory experience
  • Research may lack external validity
• What is a real-life application of the cognitive approach?


  It has been applied to the development of AI and advances that may revolutionize the way we live
• What does soft determinism recognize about the cognitive system?

  It can only operate within the limits of what we know, but we are free to think before responding to a stimulus
• How does the cognitive approach view the nature vs. nurture debate?

  • It respects both nature and nurture
  • Behavior results from information processing in the brain (nature)
  • Concepts like schemes are modified by environmental experience (nurture)