PSY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Knowledge Engineering
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Core knowledge across the lifespan: core knowledge theory posits the existence of specialized domains of knowledge. Science and religion can be at odds with core knowledge intuitions. Violation of core knowledge as an opportunity for learning. If a learner has a basic repertoire of core expectations about the world, then detecting a violation of these expectations a conflict between what was predicted and what is observed might signal a special opportunity for learning . Infants explore the unexpected: an example from intuitive physics. They will choose the toy that violates their core knowledge and test that violation when they are allowed to play with the toy. Conceptual change vs co-existence in science education: conceptual change account: we replace our incorrect intuitions about the world with correct scientific concepts, representational co-existence account: core knowledge/naive theories co-exist and conflicts with later-acquired scientific knowledge. Interferes with our ability to understand complicated scientific concepts: affects how we teach science and public support for science.
