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Major Objections As psychologists, we understand that every story has two sides. In the field of Cognitive psychology many theories have been developed by different contributors. The point of the development of these theories is to gain a better understanding of how the mind works. Due to the fact that not everyone thinks the same, some psychologists have criticized the work of other colleagues. Here are some examples of a few theories.

Social Cognitive Theory:

 Is a theory where behaviors are learned by observing and imitating models in the environment. This theory has certainly not been one without critics. Some people have argued that behavior is much more complex, regardless of a situation and regardless of the changes in the environment. This types of situations should not make the persons behavior change. Other critics have argued that this theory only focuses in the cognitive abilities of modeling and mimicking expectations and have forgotten the biological aspects of it. Some psychologists have said that the human biology can also help or affect the way individuals make their decisions.



Piaget’s Cognitive Stage Theory: Is a theory that emphasizes on the cognitive development advances of children in four different stages. Some critics have questioned if Piaget’s basic notion of cognitive development happens in discrete stages. Piaget’s ideas of continuous intellectual development have been criticized as well. Some psychologists believe that cognitive abilities are a result of the modeling and a person’s learning and conditioning history. Other critics have claimed that the age ranges at which he designated certain abilities to appear, seem to be incorrect. While others argue that some cognitive skills are already present at birth. Other studies argued that not all children will continued to move to the next stage of development because environmental factor might influence their development of operations.

Using Cognitive Therapies: Using therapies like cognitive therapies and cognitive-behavioral therapies are assorted styles of therapy that have been created to help the patient to change their life in ways that can make them feel happy, more productive and more effective. This type of cognitive therapies have been criticized because just by having the patient identify their irrational thoughts and have them be aware of them does not guarantee that they will stop thinking about them.



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