Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Procedural Knowledge, Intellectual Disability, Cognitive Psychology

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Underlying cognitive psychology are several basic assumptions about how people learn. Encourage students to think about class material in ways that will help them remember it. Help students identify the most important things for them to learn. Also help them understand why these things are important. Provide experiences that will help students make sense of the topics they are studying. Relate new ideas to what students already know and believe about the world. Plan classroom activities that get students actively thinking about and using classroom subject matter. When introducing concept mammal, ask students to identify numerous examples. Give students questions they should try to answer as they read textbooks. Including questions that ask them to apply what they read to their own lives. Ask students to get together in small groups to discuss possible reasons why history happened. When introducing a unit, have them relate what they already know about a topic.