EDUC 220 Study Guide - Final Guide: Information Processing, Behaviorism, Reading Disability
3 Nov 2018
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Cognitive science: the interdisciplinary study of thinking, language, intelligence, knowledge creation, and the brain, cognitive science views cognition as the operation of a very complex but coordinated system of multiple memory components interacting rapidly and simultaneously. Cognitive view: knowledge and strategies are learned, then changes in knowledge and strategies make changes in behaviour possible. Behavioral view: the new behaviours themselves are learned. Both behavioural and cognitive theorists believe reinforcement is important in learning but for different reasons. Behaviorists maintain that reinforcement strengthens responses and perceive reinforcement as a source of information about what is likely to happen if behaviours are repeated or changed. In cognitive view, learning is extending and transforming the understanding we already have, not simply writing associations on the blanks pages of the brains. Instead of being passively influenced by environmental events, people actively choose, practice, pay attention, ignore, reflect and make many other decisions as they pursue goals.
