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Conceptual Overview of Cognitive Theories

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Welcome to a Conceptual Overview of Cognitive Theories! 

The following are illustrations of Learning, Cognitive Learning Theories & Theorists that will prepare you for the Time Line page.  Read through the following sections, follow the various links and continue to the end of the page to find the link to the Time Line page where there is a detailed account of the theorists, theories and when they occurred in history.

 

 

The following site describes Cognitive Learning as stated below:

 

What is cognitive learning?
Not all cases of learning can easily be captured by classical and operant conditioning. Learning would be extremely inefficient if we had to rely completely on conditioning for all our learning. Human beings can learn efficiently by observation, taking instruction, and imitating the behavior of others.

"Cognitive learning is the result of listening, watching, touching or experiencing."

Cognitive learning is a powerful mechanism that provides the means of knowledge, and goes well beyond simple imitation of others. Conditioning can never explain what you are learning from reading our web-site. This learning illustrates the importance of cognitive learning.
Cognitive learning is defined as the acquisition of knowledge and skill by mental or cognitive processes — ;the procedures we have for manipulating information 'in our heads.' Cognitive processes include creating mental representations of physical objects and events, and other forms of information processing.

How do we learn cognitively?
In cognitive learning, the individual learns by listening, watching, touching, reading, or experiencing and then processing and remembering the information. Cognitive learning might seem to be passive learning, because there is no motor movement. However, the learner is quite active, in a cognitive way, in processing and remembering newly incoming information.

Cognitive learning enables us to create and transmit a complex culture that includes symbols, values, beliefs and norms. Because cognitive activity is involved in many aspects of human behavior, it might seem that cognitive learning only takes place in human beings. However, many different species of animals are capable of observational learning. For example, a monkey in the zoo sometimes imitates human visitors or other monkeys. Nevertheless, most information about cognitive learning is obtained from studies on human beings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following site describes Cognitive Learning Theory as stated below:

 

Definition:

Cognitive theory is a learning theory of psychology that attempts to explain human behavior by understanding the thought processes. The assumption is that humans are logical beings that make the choices that make the most sense to them. “Information processing” is a commonly used description of the mental process, comparing the human mind to a computer.

Pure cognitive theory largely rejects behaviorism on the basis that behaviorism reduces complex human behavior to simple cause and effect. However, the trend in past decades has been towards merging the two into a comprehensive cognitive-behavioral theory. This allows therapists to use techniques from both schools of thought to help clients achieve their goals.

 

Social cognitive theory is a subset of cognitive theory. Primarily focused on the ways in which we learn to model the behavior of others, social cognitive theory can be seen in advertising campaigns and peer pressure situations. It is also useful in the treatment of psychological disorders including phobias.

 

Memory& Piaget's Cognitive Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning Theorists in General & Their Contributions

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        Explore  Cognitive Theories including Cognitivism & Brain Games

 

Cognitive Theories including Information Processing & Schema Theory

 

 

Time Line of Learning Theories and Theorists

 

 

 

     

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