PSQF 1075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Acronym, Procedural Knowledge, Allan Paivio
22 Jan 2018
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The behaviorist view sees learners and their behavior as products of incoming environmental stimuli. Now we will look at the other view; the much older view: the cognitive view. In the cognitive view, memory and knowledge are key factors in learning. Elements of the cognitive perspective active mental process of acquiring, remembering, and using knowledge. Cognitive view of learning: a generally agreed-upon philosophical orientation. Cognitive science: the study of thinking, language, intelligence, learning, and increasingly, the brain. It views cognition as the operation of a very complex but coordinated system of multiple memory components interacting rapidly and simultaneously. Knowledge and strategies are learned; changes in these change behavior. Reinforcement is a source of information about what is likely to happen if behaviors are repeated or changed. Learning is extending and transforming the understanding we already have, not just writing associations on the blank slates of our brains.
