Discuss and evaluate the cognitive approach refer to two topics in your answer.
The cognitive approach has been used to explain and treat many human behaviours. A cognitive psychologist looks at the gap between stimulus and response, and states that there is information processing between observing the stimulus and the given response. The response is therefore not automatic, unlike what the behaviourist approach says, and the cognitive theory is that the response is from interpretation undertaken in the brain. This is commonly known as the computer model. For example, a tennis player see’s their opponent hit the ball to their left side (input) The player decides to play the backhand shot (decision making and cognitions) the player then hits the ball and wins the game (output). Understanding these processes has lead to help treat patients suffering with conditions such as OCD and severe phobias, for example Cognitive Behavioural Therapy which is based on the unlearning and changes of cognitions in the brain to change responses.
The stages of information processing are the information is inputted from the stimulus, this is then put into ‘neutral information’. The cognitive processes then are undergone this links the stimulus to past memory, reasoning and attention that the individual has previously gained, and then the response is then outputted. This has been applied to explain topics such as memory. The working memory model supports the statement that humans are information and another main cognitive assumption that humans actively organise and manipulate information. The working memory model consists of separate components that hold certain information such as the episodic buffer which is required to coordinate the subsystems of the model. Also supporting this are the separate components for the visuo-spatial scratchpad and the phonological loop, suggesting that humans do infact actively organise information.
The cognitive approach has been used to explain human behaviours such as extreme phobias, for example Rachman researched a case study on an individual who had a major contamination phobia. Seeing a plaster or anything linked to bloody would cause the individual catastrophic thoughts for example that they would catch aids. A cognitive psychologist would state this was due to a false or damaged interpretation of the stimulus, causing them to think unrealistic thoughts. This can also be explained through over generalising, such as if you are bitten by a dog then all dogs you then interact with later in life will bite you, therefore the previous schema and experience of the one of traumatic event has given you a distorted and sometimes disproportional fear and anxiety of the situation.
Supporting this research is that the cognitive explanation of phobias is coherent with practical theory applications that have proven highly effective, unlike other approaches. Further support of the approach is that its mainly scientific and objective, the research carried out is carefully controlled and replicable therefore having high reliability. However a limitation to this is that the cognitive approach uses a lot of rigorous methods for studying such as introspection and case studies this therefore limits the findings on their ecological validity.
Also the cognitive approach is reductionist it ignores biological factors, referring back to phobias the biological approach suggest that certain individuals are more susceptible to developing a phobia this has been supported by a piece of research undertaken by fyer et al who found that first degree relatives with a specific phobia were much more likely to have a specific phobia themselves. Therefore, supporting the notion that biological factors have to be taken into account when explaining phobias, and that a cognitive explanation alone may not be sufficient as it is reductionist. The cognitive interview has also been used to explain memory and improve eye witness testimony, it has a high effective rate and is therefore regarded highly and has many practical applications. The features of the cognitive interview include the interviewer reinstates the content of the crime for the witness by asking about general activates and feelings on that day. They’re then encouraged to recall every detail of the event from both their point of view and from an on lookers point of view. This therefore supports that information is processed and actively stored thus supporting the cognitive approach.

i let you into my life.
i let you into my home.
i let you into the closest parts of me.
i've let you know the problem.
not im letting you know that accepting it, doesn't make it solved.
sort.
it.
the.
fuck.
OUT.

bored and fed up of how i look.
gonna get my hair cut next week, and maybe change all my piercing bars and maybe get a new one?
i really want some colour into my hair again, but its so hit and miss with colour. hmmm decisions.
i got new plugs today, abit gutted i didn't go a size bigger to be honest, but ill just stay at 26mm's for now.

as i'm in abit of a funny mood, my friend said i should start writing my lyrics again.
i couldnt agree with him more tbf. so you can look forward to seeing some lyrics tonighttt.

happiness.

loving everything at the moment.
finally a positive post!
but seriously, just working through all my GCSE's.
got a really good friend base.
and some romance seems to be on the cards
what more could i ask for ?
xxxx

this is it.

i
am
going
to
get
over
you.
i
am.
trust me.
or am i just kidding myself?

This might sound really strange, but i think you are really lovely, and gorgeous and funny, and if i could, then i so would.

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