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Theories of Cognition
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2. Activation Theory- Anderson
Memories are encoded with associated stimuli in the environment (visual, aural, kinesthetic, olfactory). When presented with any of these stimuli at a later time the associated memory is recalled.
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3. Activation Theory- Anderson
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7. Any memories tied to this?
Control. Control. You must learn control.
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this?
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Or this?
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How about this?
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11. Genetic Epistemology: Jean Piaget
Pre-operational
Concrete
Operational
Formal
Operations
sensorimotor
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sensorimotor stage (0-2 years), kinesthetic learning.
preoperation period (3-7 years) is intuitive in nature.
concrete operational stage (8-11 years) is logical but depends upon concrete referents.
formal operations (12-15 years), thinking involves abstractions.
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13. Constructivist Theory: Jerome Bruner
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14. experiences each have meaning
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15. You help them get MORE meaning
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16. Your understanding….their understanding
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17. Subsumption Theory: David Ausubel
existing knowledge
What you learn depends on how well it is oriented relative to existing knowledge.
new
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18. Levels of Processing Craik and Lockhart
Deep
processing
The more deeply information is processed, the more likely it will be remembered.
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Try to remember these
Paper and a pen
20 sec
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8 4 6 e 3 s 5 2 x f n 7 9 3
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21. Write down in order what you remember.
Wait…
Write down in order what you remember.
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Try Again
This time look for 1 minute, and do something with the data to try and remember it in the right order.
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3 6 2 h 8 k 3 9 m c f 3 1 4
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24. Write down in order what you remember.
Wait…
Write down in order what you remember.
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Recency
Write down all you remember from the first and second set of data. Keep them separate.
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26. Multiple Intelligence: Howard Gardner
Linguistic
Interpersonal
logical
spiritual
musical
Body kinesthetic
spatial
metacognitive
mathematical
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27. Operant Conditioning: B.F. Skinner
Behavior is response
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28. Conditions of Learning: Robert Gagne
(1) gain attention (reception) (2) state objective (expectancy) (3) recall prior learning (retrieval) (4) present stimulus (selective perception) (5) guide learning (semantic encoding) (6) elicit performance (responding) (7) give feedback (reinforcement) (8) assess performance (retrieval) (9) enhance retention/transfer (generalization).
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