Assumptions, strengths and weaknesses

Question 1

Looks at things like

Answer 1

reasoning, thought processes, decision making and judgement

Question 2

Assumption 1 (cognitive reasoning)

Answer 2

Looking at mental processes is important in understanding human behaviour.

Behaviour and emotions can be explained in terms of the tole of thinking processes like attention, memory and language.

Question 3

Assumption 2 (computers)

Answer 3

Humans are like computers and we use a tripartite structure (input, processing and output ).

Question 4

Assumption 2. How are we like computers?

Answer 4

We receive, interpret and respond to info. This can be tested scientifically.

Question 5

Assumption 3 (infer)

Answer 5

Information cannot be observed but can be measured i.e the mind cannot be observed but can be measured by looking at cognitive functions

Question 6

Strength 1 (experimental method)

Answer 6

Approach mainly uses experiments

Question 7

Strength 2 (evaluation)

Answer 7

Can be applied in psychology and thus is useful

Question 8

Strength 3 (inferences)

Answer 8

Uses psychometric tests that help making inferences on cognitive functions that cannot be observed

Question 9

Strength 3 (inferences)

Answer 9

Uses psychometric tests that help making inferences on cognitive functions that cannot be observed

Question 10

Weakness 1 (evaluation- g)

Answer 10

It doesn’t take individual differences into account

Question 11

Weakness 2 (re..)

Answer 11

Reductionist as it explains complex concepts in a simplistic manner

Question 12

Weakness 3 (unscientific)

Answer 12

Is over hypothetical thus explains behaviour based on predictions that may not be tested scientifically e.g the mind

Question 13

MS assumptions (2)

Answer 13

• Behaviour and emotions can be explained in terms of the role of thinking processes like attention, memory and language
• People process information like a computer in terms of input-process-output