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INTRODUCTION

There is a definite relationship between biological and cognitive psychology.

In order to have a thorough understanding about the complexities of

psychology, one must realize different schools of psychology often

complement one another.

Biological which is dealing with brain functioning and cognitive with factors

such as memory, problem solving, etc. can both be utilized in factoring

one’s behavior.

We’ll elaborate on the similarities and differences between the two,

essential contributions to memory, applications as well as what the

essential core points are in biological and cognitive psychology.

• Referred to as Biopsychology Dates back to Artistes study of the

environmental science of human behavior.

• The Internal and external sources in regards to the brain.

• Relationship between the function and the brain and reaction of the body

Seeks to understand how the brain influences thoughts feelings and

behaviors.

• Understandings gained from biopsychology aid in understanding biological

causes of mental illnesses and mental disorders.

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THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION

Biological

According to Simply Psychology, Biology is defined as the study of life (from the

Greek bios meaning ‘life’ and logos meaning ‘study’). A biological perspective is

relevant to the study of psychology in three ways:

1. Comparative method: different species of animal can be studied and

compared. This can help in the search to understand human behavior.

2. Physiology: how the nervous system and hormones work, how the brain

functions, how changes in structure and/or function can affect behavior. For

example, we could ask how prescribed drugs to treat depression affect behavior

through their interaction with the nervous system.

3. Investigation of inheritance: what an animal inherits from its parents,

mechanisms of inheritance (genetics). For example, we might want to know

whether high intelligence is inherited from one generation to the next.

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Cognitive

Cognitive perspective deals with the mental functions of a person, relating to:

memory, perception, attention, thoughts, sensory, etc. The cognitive perspectives

relates the human brain to a computer that can process information, store data

and have input and output procedures (McLeod, 2008).

Cognitive Therapy: assists individuals to develop alternative ways of thinking

and behaving which reduce the psychological distress. Consequently cognitive

behavior therapy is the main approach or application used to treat people with a

wide array of mental health issues.

Cognitive Behavior Therapy: is designed to help individuals become conscious

of when they make negative interpretations, and of behavioral patterns which

reinforce the distorted thinking that can eventually led to harm.

COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

DEFINED

Cognitive Psychology:

The most important development in academic psychology since World War II has

been the advent and development of modern cognitive psychology (Goodwin,

2008). During the late nineteen hundreds the fields of psychology begin to take on

the scientific understanding of human conscious experience, and some of its key

players responsible for this new evolution of psychology were: Ebbinghaus,

Wundt, K¨ulpe, Wertheimer, and Titchener. Along with these men and other

pioneers have studied such mental phenomena as memory, attention, perception,

and thinking, known as; cognitive psychology.

Cognitive psychology is the branch of psychology that studies mental processes

including how people think, perceive, remember, and learn. As part of the larger

field of cognitive science, this branch of psychology is related to other disciplines

including neuroscience, philosophy, and linguistics (Cherry, 2014)

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RELATIONSHIP

• Biological Psychology - looks at different aspects of psychology in a

biological sense.

• Cognitive Psychology - looks at aspects of Psychology again, in an internal

sense.

Biological Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

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REFERENCESGoodwin, C. J (2008). A History of Modern Psychology (3rd ed.) Hoboken, NJ:

Wiley

Cherry, K. (n.d.). Retrieved from

http://psychology.about.com/od/cognitivepsychology/f/cogpsych.htm

McLeod, S. (n.d.). Cognitive behavioral therapy. Retrieved from

http://www.simplypsychology.org/cognitive-therapy.html

McLeod, S. (2007). Psychology perspectives. Retrieved from

http://www.simplypsychology.org/perspective.html

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/a/perspectives.htm