HOD-1250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 123-161: Long-Term Memory, Procedural Knowledge, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
4 Apr 2016
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Chapter four: cognitive processes in adulthood, part 1. Larger network of scientific endeavor cognitive science. Influence neuroscience, neuropsychology: cognition: mental processes and activities we use in perceiving, remembering, and thinking an to the act of using those processes. Organismic model: piaget cognitive development proceed through series of sequential, universal stages tied to age and genetic timetable, each stage qualitative change, change internal. Mechanistic model: view individual cognitive development as environmentally determined, mind written on experience tabula rasa, individual is passive, no universals, age- irrelevant, quantitative, rely on behaviorism pavlov, watson, Contextual model: baltes, dittmann-kohli, dixon, vygotsky, cognitive development as result of complex, reciprocal interaction between individual"s genetic nature and layers of social, cultural, historical environment, great variability individuals differ, integrate both nature & nurture. Psychometric approach: psychometrics: the use of tests to measure psychological characteristics, not a theoretical approach describes cognitive performance through standardized tools, fluid & crystallized intelligence. Question if has to do with general or independent abilities.
