Source: Roth & Bruce (1995)

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What did you mind have to do for you to ‘see’ things in the black and white patterns?

? The mind takes in the impoverished sensory input and matches it to a schema derived from past experience. The schema is used to ‘fill in the blanks’ in the input and to give it a meaning. Your ability to ‘see’ what’s there depends on your having an appropriate schema.

Today’s session You will learn how to...You will learn about... Assess the strengths and weaknesses of approaches to Psychology Compare and contrast approaches to psychology The cognitive approach The behaviourist and social learning approaches

Evaluating an approach How effectively it explains human behaviour Evidence on which it is based Application to real-world problems Contribution to psychology Contribution to human understanding

Explaining human behaviour How do behaviourists, social learning theorists and cognitivists explain phobia? Which explanation is strongest?

Solving human problems How do behaviourists, social learning theorists and cognitivists treat psychological problems? Which treatment is best?

Evidence base How do behaviourists, social learning theorists and cognitivists obtain evidence to construct and test their theories? Which evidence base is most valid?

Cognitive Behaviourist SLT

Complete the sentence... The cognitive approach overtook the behaviourist approach because...