Explain one psychological or social question from the cognitive perspective
Explain one psychological or social question from the cognitive perspective
One psychological question, which may be explained using the cognitive approach is aggression. Aggression being the social question may be defined as any form of behavior directed towards the goal of harming or injuring another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment. The cognitive approach is concerned with how people acquire, store, transform, and use information.
There are different types of aggression. The first being instrumental aggression and the second hostile aggression. Instrumental aggression is linked to the behaviorist explanation of aggression. Where as hostile aggression is connected with the cognitive explanation of aggressive behavior.
A key concept in cognitive psychology which can be applied to the explanation of aggressive behavior is priming. According to the cognitive perspective priming is an phenomenon whereby a thought or memory increases the activation of associated thoughts or memories.