ICT 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unconscious Mind
9 Feb 2018
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A century ago, psychologists believed that intelligence was unchangeable and fixed. Due to this way of thinking, these psychologists argued that education should not try to teach students how to think but should tell them what to think. This belief had a huge impact on education/instruction; teachers were told to teach students to memorize information rather than learn and evaluate the information given to them. The human mind has the potential for thinking. And the more a person develops this potential, the more intelligent he or she becomes (p. 2) Some people have greater potential than others but we can never know our potential until we try. Definition of thinking (in the book): thinking is a purposeful mental activity. For the most part, thinking is a conscious activity. Yet the unconscious mind can continue working on a problem after conscious activity stops (p. 4) Creative: produces relevant ideas for meeting challenges. Critical: evaluates the ideas and decides which is best.
