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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Ethics?

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  • no confidentiality in case studies like HM’s Case
  • no informed consent given by HM or Clive Wearing
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Practical Issues in the Design?

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  • lab experiments like Baddely’s Study lacks ecological validity
  • confounding variables like personal intelligence may affect memory in Baddely’s Study
  • lack of realism in the procedure and task of Baddely’s Study
  • no accurate, scientific measurement of memory
  • case studies are rare so they are not generalisable due to individual differences
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Reductionism?

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  • ignores the importance of the environment which can affect cognitive processes and memory
  • memory is artifically broken up into parts like short-term and long-term memory
  • under-emphasis and less importance on the interconnections betwen the parts of the brain- in the Multi-Store Model
  • each study has one focus in memory and shows no link
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Comparisons of Ways of Explaining Behaviour using Different Themes?

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Different Models of Memory: show different ways of explaining memory, either through structures or processes

  • Working Memory Model
  • Multi-Store Model
  • Tulvings Long-Term Memory
  • Bartlett’s Reconstructive Memory
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Psychology as a Science?

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  • lab experiments are mainly used in cognitive psychology which is a scientific method as it has high levels of controls to increase the reliability
  • Schmolk’s Study uses MRI Brain Scanning Techniques
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Culture and Gender?

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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding the Nature-Nurture Debate?

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Nature:

  • HM Case Study:
  • hippocampus has an important role in forming new memories

Nurture:

  • Bartlett’s Reconstructive Memory Theory:
  • experiences help our memory develop
  • use of schemas
  • memories develop through the interaction with the environment
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding the Development of Psychological Understanding Overtime?

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  • Multi-Store Model was to simple so it led to further models of memory
  • Working Memory Model was further improved later by adding the episodic buffer, as knowledge about memory has expanded
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Social Control?

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  • Understanding memory in court situations
  • Use of eyewitness testimony: reconstructive memory shows memory is unreliable
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Psychological Knowledge within Society?

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  • use of knowledge to hel people with dementia or dyslexia
  • applicable to the education sector as it could lead to the development of better revision techniques for students
  • used in the reliability debate of eyewitness testimony
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What are the Issues and Debates in Cognitive Psychology Regarding Socially Sensitive Research?

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  • Study of dementia patients who have lost their memory may be senstive to the individual and their families
  • Case studies are socially sensitive