Cognitive Level of Analysis:

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Cognitive Level of Analysis

• Possible Essay Questions

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Outline principles that define the cognitive
level of analysis.

• All principles and descriptions on page 1

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Explain how principles that define the cognitive
level of analysis may be demonstrated in
research.

• All principles and descriptions on page 1
• Principle 1 Loftus and Palmer 1974
• Principle 2 use of technology MRI, PET
  Also working memory model, multi-store
• Principle 3 - Bartlett 1932

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Discuss how and why particular research methods
are used at the cognitive level of analysis.

• Studying the Mind (2)
• Clive Wearing (7-8)
• HM (7)

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Discuss ethical considerations related to
research studies at the cognitive level of
analysis.

• Studying the Mind (2)
• HM (7)
• Clive Wearing (7-8)
• Some biological factors in memory (6)

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Evaluate schema theory with reference to research
studies.

• Schema Theory (2)
• Anderson and Pichert (3)
• Reconstructive Memory (9)
• Bartlett (9)

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Evaluate two models or theories of one cognitive
process with reference to research studies.

• Schema Theory (2)
• Working Memory Model Multi-Store Model (4)
• Baddeley Hitch 1974(5), Pickering Gathercole
  (6), Baddeley 1996 (5)

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Explain how biological factors may affect one
cognitive process.

• Neural Networks (6)
• Lesioning/Brain Damage (6)
• Hippocampus Amydala (7)
• Clive Wearing (7-8) HM (7)
• Explicit/Implicit memory (7)

9
 Discuss how social or cultural factors affect
one cognitive process.

• Jennifer Thompson (8)
• Bartlett 1932 (9)

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Evaluate the extent to which a cognitive process
is reliable.

• Freuds beliefs on unconcious (8)
• False Memory Syndrome (8)
• Eyewitness testimony (8)
• Loftus and Palmer 1974 (9)
• Jennifer Thompson (8)
• Bartlett (9)

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Explain the use of technology in investigation
cognitive processes.

• MRI, PET, CT (2) similar to bio notes

12
Evaluate the extent to which cognitive and
biological factors interact in emotion.

• Three components of emotion (10)
• Fight or Flight (10)
• Lazarus and Folkman methods of coping (10)
• Amydala (11)
• LeDoux (11)
• Cognitive factors (11)
• Flashbulb (11)

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 Evaluate one theory of how emotions may affect
one cognitive process.

• Flashbulb memory (11)
• Social comparison theory (11)
• Level of aspiration theory (11)
• Upward comparison (11)