Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Long-Term Memory, Rote Learning, Information Processing Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Stelian Medianu

Document Summary

Basic assumptions of cognitive psychology and educational implications. Influence of cognitive process: cognitive psychology. Definition: theoretical perspective that focuses on the mental processes underlying human learning and behaviour. View learning as internal mental phenomenon, not external behaviour change: information processing theory. Theoretical perspective that focuses on specific ways in which individuals mentally think about and process information received: principles. Learn new information more easily when they can relate it to something they already know. Learn several pieces of new information more easily when they can relate it to overall organizational structure. Selectivity about what is learned: distinguish between. Mental process in which learner takes many separate pieces of info and uses them to build an overall understanding or interpretation of an event: constructivism. Theoretical perspective that proposes that learners construct body of knowledge from their experiences, knowledge that may or may not be an accurate representation of reality.