PSY-PC 2600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Descriptive Knowledge, Existentialism, Tacit Knowledge

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology and Human Development
• Course: PSY-PC 2600
• Professor: Leigh Wadsworth

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Behaviorists - talk about learning, but not knowing - actions without thought, conditioning. Information-processing - before knowledge can be put to use needs to go to response generator - talking or diagraming. Focus their energies on the individual student"s knowledge base and the efficiency or effectiveness of his or her mental processing - summarizing, outlining, priming. Cognitive constructivism - knowledge is created by individuals, not simply acquired. Knowledge as individual possession, emphasize the manner in which human minds grow or develop biologically and socially. Select materials and experiences that are developmentally appropriate, vary expectations and tasks/experiences, sensitive to the signs that students convey about their cognitive functioning, create learning activities that complement and strengthen their students" existing mental capabilities. Radical constructivism - explore the students ideas without attention to correctness of initial responses. Existentialism - no reality or truth, only what the individual mind can conjure. Enrich individual"s personal understanding of concepts, whatever that may be.