Describe and discuss at least two features of the psychodynamic approach. (10 marks) One main feature is the defence mechanisms. One assumption of the psychodynamic approach is that the personality is split into three parts; the id‚ the ego and the superego. Defence mechanisms are an unconscious response used when the ego is in conflict with the id and the superego and they prevent the ego from harm. There are four main defence mechanisms; Denial‚ Displacement‚ Rationalisation and Sublimation.
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Describe and discuss the behaviourist approach in psychology The behaviourists are a school of psychology that believe that behaviour is learned. The behaviourists don’t believe that people have the innate desire to act in a certain way. They think we are born as a blank sheet that is then developed by life experiences. As we develop interactions and life lessons mould us into the person who we become. Behaviourists do not believe that behaviour has any contribution from biology. They dismiss
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Baddeley and Hitch (1974) developed an alternative model of short-term memory which they called the working memory model. The working memory model consists of four components. The central executive which controls and co-ordinates the operation of two subsystems‚ the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad. The central executive controls attention and coordinates the actions of the other components‚ it can briefly store information‚ but has a limited capacity. The phonological loop consists
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In their paper‚ Baddeley and Hitch (1974) proposed a working memory model comprised of three basic components. The central executive was the system that dealt with decision making‚ reasoning and coordination of the other two subsidiary systems. The two subsidiary systems that were initially proposed included the visuospatial sketchpad and articulatory loop. The visuospatial sketchpad was thought to be involved in the transitory storage and manipulation of visual and spatial information‚ while a similar
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Outline and evaluate the working memory model (12 marks) Baddeley and Hitch proposed that memory has 4 components. The central executive‚ phonological loop‚ visuospatial sketchpad and the episodic buffer. The central executive decides how to share out and direct attention to incoming information. The phonological loop can be thought of as a maintenance rehearsal mechanism for retaining verbal information. It is sub-divided into two other components‚ the phonological store (inner ear)‚ which holds
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from using subvocal rehearsal…” All these passages have also strongly suggested that indeed memory is not merely stored as a block of information in simply one area of the brain but more likely to be from a complex system where many parts of the brain plays a role in the formation of memory with many networks interconnecting each part. [ \Giuseppe Vallar‚ Alan D. Baddeley‚ Fractionation of working memory: [Neuropsychological evidence for a phonological short-term store‚ Journal of Verbal Learning
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processes such as memory‚ remembering and problem solving. The cognitive approach is interested in how people take in information‚ how they mentally represent it and how they store it. It also looks at how the information is perceived and processed and how integrated patterns of behaviour occur. Memory is fundamental to our lives‚ we have to recall who we are‚ recognise the faces of everyone we meet and remember how to move and communicate. Several models of the way in which memory is structured and
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visual working memory capacity involved in remembering and comprehension. This articles primary focus is going to be looking at the concept of working memory and how it actually works and is able to function alongside all other kinds of memory. The beginning of this article starts off by trying to determine the relationship between working memory and cognitive abilities. According to Alan Baddeley these two functions are attached to specific domains within the mind. Baddeley developed a model of working
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1.1: Discuss models of strategic change. John P Kotter’s Model: Kotter’s refer leading model for considerate and managing transformation. Each step reflects people’s reaction and methodology to change. Kotter’s eight step model can be define as‚ 1. Generate Sense of urgency: Sense of urgency build importance of work and motivates people do work in a real way. Target is achievable before timeline and impact on production and profit. 2. Build the guiding team: Place competent people in their position
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Outline and evaluate the multi-store model of memory (12) The multi-store model of memory (MSM) was developed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968 and explains how information flows from one storage system to another‚ with three permanent structures in memory: sensory memory (SM)‚ short-term memory (STM) and long-term memory (LTM). It describes memory as something made up of a series of stores and these each differ in terms of their capacity‚ duration and encoding process. Information is detected
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