{"id":19495,"date":"2023-05-11T14:30:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/neuropsychology-offers-the-only-suitable-way-to-study-human-memory-critically-evaluate-this-statement-drawing-on-evidence-from-biological-and-cognitive-psychology\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T14:30:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:30:51","slug":"neuropsychology-offers-the-only-suitable-way-to-study-human-memory-critically-evaluate-this-statement-drawing-on-evidence-from-biological-and-cognitive-psychology","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/neuropsychology-offers-the-only-suitable-way-to-study-human-memory-critically-evaluate-this-statement-drawing-on-evidence-from-biological-and-cognitive-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Neuropsychology offers the only suitable way to study human memory.\u2019 Critically evaluate this statement, drawing on evidence from biological and cognitive psychology."},"content":{"rendered":"

EMA Part 1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

For this
\npart of the EMA you should write an essay with the title below.<\/span><\/p>\n

Title:
\n\u2018Neuropsychology offers the only suitable way to study human memory.\u2019
\nCritically evaluate this statement, drawing on evidence from biological and
\ncognitive psychology.<\/span><\/p>\n

For your
\nessay, you must draw on material from Weeks 3 and 4 of the module. In addition,
\nyou should draw on and discuss at least two academic journal articles or
\nequivalent primary source material not<\/i> referred to in the DE300 module
\nmaterials. These need to be highlighted in the reference list for the EMA
\nmarkers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The word
\nlimit for this essay is 2000 words, excluding the reference list but including
\nin-text citations.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Student notes<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

The
\nquestion requires you to critically evaluate the statement that
\n\u2018neuropsychology offers the only suitable way to study human memory\u2019, drawing
\non evidence from both biological and cognitive psychology<\/b>. In doing
\nthis, it may help you to think about the different methods and techniques
\ncommonly used in biological and cognitive psychology, the types of knowledge
\nthey produce, and their strengths and limitations<\/i> in terms of
\nwhat they can and cannot reveal about memory. You are being asked to carry out
\na critical evaluation<\/b>, which means you need to consider both sides
\nof the argument \u2013 i.e. consider the merits of the view that memory is a
\nbiological process and the merits of the view that it is a cognitive process.<\/span><\/p>\n

With
\nrespect to biological psychology, you have encountered some examples of how
\nmemory has been explored from this perspective in Week 3 of the module, for
\ninstance in the videos in the Week 3 Study Guide and the corresponding textbook
\nchapter. <\/span><\/p>\n

Chapter 2
\nand the videos explore clinical and neuropsychological investigations into
\nmemory and consider the relationship between memory (and forgetting!) and the
\nbrain. Note that there is a lot of potentially relevant material in Week 3 and
\nyou will not be able to cover everything, so you will need to be discerning
\nabout what you choose to include in your answer. You should be guided by the
\nessay question, and the need to construct a coherent argument, with lots of
\nevaluation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of
\ncognitive psychology, you should consider material from Week 4. That week
\nexplores the contributions that research on eyewitness testimony and facial
\nrecognition has made to understanding of memory. You may find the material on
\nprosopagnosia especially useful, as it cuts across the biological and cognitive
\ndomains. Consider how cognitive psychologists conceive and study memory,
\nwhether for faces or events, and then contrast that with the work of
\nneuropsychologists. This is a key point to address, and unpack, as you explore
\nwhether memory is a biological or a cognitive process, or both.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the
\nquestion requires you to draw on studies from two specific weeks of the module
\n(and possibly others), you will need to present a succinct overview of
\nbiological and cognitive psychological approaches to memory, and carefully
\nselect some illustrative examples to focus on in your essay. As the word limit
\nis only 2000 words, you will need to be selective, keep your points directly
\nrelevant to the question, and to summarise your evaluation effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is up to
\nyou how you decide to structure your essay; however, keep in mind that you are
\nexpected to integrate the material from Weeks 3 and 4, and draw on evidence
\nfrom across the two psychological domains (i.e. biological psychology and
\ncognitive psychology). To write a coherent essay, avoid presenting two sets of
\nunrelated studies and\/or theories from the two domains. Rather, develop your
\nargument by synthesising across<\/i> the content of Week 3 and 4 of the
\nmodule. It could be useful to consider, for example, how the different
\npsychological domains understand memory and treat it as a research subject. How
\nare they different or similar? By considering such questions, you will be able
\nto make links and formulate arguments across the biological and cognitive
\ndomains, and therefore craft an essay that reads as a coherent whole. There are
\ndifferent ways you could integrate and critically evaluate the material from
\ndifferent weeks of the module, and there is not one right way. Whatever you do,
\nit is important to keep your essay focused on addressing the essay question<\/b>
\nand to focus more on critical evaluation than on description<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally,
\nplease remember that for this essay you are expected to conduct library
\nresearch of your own into relevant material beyond the module resources, and to
\ninclude two primary sources not<\/i> referred to in the DE300 materials. You
\nwill need to do some systematic searching for relevant source materials that
\nsupport the arguments you make, and your choices should be well-integrated into
\nthe points you are making in the essay \u2013 the purpose is to support your
\nargument effectively, not just to satisfy a marking requirement. Remember how
\nimportant it is to evaluate the source, nature and reliability of all the
\nmaterial that you find through searching. The primary sources you should draw
\non are likely to be psychology journal articles, though they could be chapters
\nfrom academic psychology books \u2013 not textbooks. You could also consider more
\nrecent works by the authors mentioned in the DE300 textbook, providing they are
\nrelevant to the essay question.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help the
\nmarker to identify the new material, please highlight the two sources in the
\nreference list at the end of your essay.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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