A cognitive psychologist, Dr. Mercer, is studying how people navigate unfamiliar environments. She suggests that individuals use existing mental representations to interpret sensory inputs, which are then processed through structured stages to determine behaviour. However, a critic argues that this view reduces human experience to mere 'information processing' and ignores emotional factors.
Discuss the cognitive approach in psychology. Refer to Dr. Mercer's work and the critic's comments in your answer.
248 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Approaches in Psychology, covering Learning approaches, Cognitive approach, Biological approach, Psychodynamic approach (A-level only), Humanistic Psychology (A-level only), and Comparison of approaches (A-level only). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.