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Brain

Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

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Unit 1 - Research Methodology

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Herb

Unit 2 - Biological Approach To Behaviour

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Globe Showing Europe Africa

Unit 4 - Sociocultural Approach To Behaviour

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Performing Arts

Unit 6 - Health psychology

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Busts In Silhouette

Unit 7 - Pyschology Of Human Relationships

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Chart Increasing

Unit 8 - Developmental psychology

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Unit 9 - Internal Assessment

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Unit 10 - The IB Curriculum - A Conceptual Model

Hey there, mind explorer! Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of Cognitive Psychology. What&#39;s that, you ask? Well, it&#39;s the study of how you, me, and everyone else processes information. No boring lectures, promise! Just straight-up knowledge served with a side of fun. Let&#39;s get started.

Principle Central here we come!

Ever wondered how we predict the behaviour of things we can&#39;t see? Let&#39;s think about physicists studying tiny particles that are invisible to our eyes. They use complex models to predict the particle&#39;s behaviour, just like cognitive psychologists. We create models of our mind&#39;s workings to understand how we think, remember, and solve problems.

Ever gotten lost but miraculously found your way home? That&#39;s because your brain created a mental map! Edward Tolman, a psychology rockstar, showed that rats could navigate mazes without rewards, just by forming cognitive maps. We humans do the same. When something happens (stimulus), it doesn&#39;t just trigger a knee-jerk reaction. Our mental maps (our black box) help us decide how to respond.

Remember when you baked cookies for the first time? You didn&#39;t just use your memory (of the recipe). You used your attention (to not burn them), problem-solving (when you ran out of sugar), and decision-making skills (to use honey instead). Our minds are like grand orchestras where different sections come together to create a symphony!

Ever noticed how you feel smarter after watching a few YouTube tutorials? That&#39;s a bias! The Dunning-Kruger effect shows that we can overestimate our abilities after learning a little about something. Cognitive biases like these can often be predicted and used in fields like behavioural economics to understand human decision-making.

Time to get your hands dirty (not literally, don&#39;t worry). Let&#39;s create a mind map of these principles. Each branch of your mind map should represent a principle, sprouting smaller branches of supporting studies or examples. Use a mind map-building software. This way, you can add more stuff as you go along with this unit.

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Remember, the International Baccalaureate (IB) doesn&#39;t assess this directly. So why do it? Because understanding these principles will help you understand other topics. They&#39;re like secret weapons that you can use in your answers, making them more powerful and comprehensive.

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Stay tuned, future psychologist! More mind-bending adventures in the world of cognitive psychology are on their way!

Key Principles Of The Cognitive Approach In Psychology

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Psychology SL

Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

Key Principles Of The Cognitive Approach In Psychology

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Cognitive approach principles

Scientists can study mental processes

Mental representations guide our behaviour

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Unit 3 - Cognitive Approach To Behaviour

Key Principles Of The Cognitive Approach In Psychology

Table of content

Cognitive approach principles

Scientists can study mental processes

Mental representations guide our behaviour

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