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Component 1: Psychology Past to Present - the approaches
Quick questions on The cognitive approach - Eduqas A-Level Psychology Component 1
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The approach explains behaviour through cognition. Depression can be explained by Beck's negative triad (negative views of the self, the world and the future) and by faulty schemas. Eyewitness memory can be distorted by schemas and leading questions (linking to Bartlett and to the eyewitness-testimony debate). The approach underpins cognitive explanations and CBT-based treatments across Component 3 behaviours such as addiction and criminal behaviour.
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Explain the computer analogy used in the cognitive approach. [3 marks]
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Explain how CBT is used to treat depression. [3 marks]
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State one weakness of the cognitive approach. [2 marks]
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