PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jean Piaget, Philosophy Of Education, Intelligence Quotient
22 Jun 2017
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Cognitivism and behaviourism: cognitive theories are concerned mainly with explaining higher mental processes, memory, perception, info processing, decision making and knowing. Main metaphor of cog psych: compared to computers: information processing metaphor, the emphasis is on the perceptual and conceptual processes that, allow the perceiver to perceive, determine how the actor acts and, underlie thinking, remembering, solving problems, etc. Main beliefs of cognitive theories: current learning builds on previous learning, learning involves info processing, meaning depends on relationships among concepts. Development of representation in children: enactive rep, amp of motor capacities, continue to move arm even after taking away rattle, shows baby understanding his/her motor capabilities. Bruner"s theory of rep: categorization: categorizing implies possibility of (cid:498)going beyond the info give(cid:499) (of making objects must possess to belong (eg. birds) Info processing and decision making involve categorization predictions about events or objects based on their category membership)
