Cognitive Learning Theory

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A coherent framework of integrated constructs and principles that describe, explain, or predict how people learn

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Learning Theory

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five primary educational learning theories

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behaviorism, cognitive, constructivism, humanism, and
connectivism.

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stress the importance of what goes on inside the learner

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cognitive learning theory

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Composed of subtheories and is widely used in
education and counseling.

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Cognitive Learning Theory

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key to learning and changing

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individual’s cognition

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viewed as a highly active process largely directed by the individual.

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Cognitive learning

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Educators trying to influence the learning process must recognize the variety of past experiences, perceptions, ways of incorporating and thinking about information.

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Cognitive Learning Theory

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Involves perceiving the information, interpreting it based
on what is already known, and then reorganizing the
information into new insights or understanding

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Cognitive Learning Theory

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one’s own understanding of their way of learning

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METACOGNITION

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One of the oldest psychological theories

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Gestalt perspective

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Emphasizes the importance of perception in
learning and lays the groundwork for various
other cognitive perspectives to follow it.

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Gestalt perspective

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Refers to the configuration or patterned
organization of cognitive elements, reflecting the
maxim that “the whole is greater than the sum of
its parts”.

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Gestalt perspective

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A principal assumption is that each person
perceives, interprets, and responds to any
situation in their own way

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Gestalt perspective

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A cognitive perspective that emphasizes thinking processes:

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information processing

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thinking processes:

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Thought
Reasoning
The way information is encountered and stored
Memory functioning

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Nine events that activate effective learning

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Reception, Expectancy, Retrieval , Selective Perception
Semantic Encoding, Reinforcement Retrieval, Generalization

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FIRST STAGE

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Attention

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SECOND STAGE |

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Processing

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THIRD STAGE

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Memory Storage

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FOURTH STAGE

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Action

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The memory process involves
paying attention to environmental
stimuli;

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FIRST STAGE

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The information is processed by the senses. Here, it becomes important to consider the client’s preferred mode of sensory processing (visual, auditory, or motor manipulation) and to ascertain whether he or she has any sensory deficits.

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SECOND STAGE

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The information is transformed and incorporated (encoded) into shortterm memory, which is either soon forgotten or is stored in long-term memory

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THIRD STAGE

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e involves the action or response that the individual undertakes based on how information was processed and stored.

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FOURTH STAGE

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Focuses in qualitative changes in perceiving, thinking, and reasoning as individuals grow and mature

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Human/cognitive developmen

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“children take in or incorporate information as they interact with people and the environment.”

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Piaget’s theory of cognitive learning

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make their experiences fit with what they already know

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assimilation

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change their perceptions and interpretations in keeping with the new information

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accommodation

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where ethnicity, social class, gender, family life, life history, self-concept, and the learning situation itself all influence an individual’s perceptions, thoughts, emotions, interpretations, and responses to information and experiences.

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Social Constructivism

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individuals formulate or construct their own versions of reality and that learning and human development are richly colored by the social and cultural context in which people find themselves.

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Social Constructivism

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effective learning occurs through social interaction, collaboration, and negotiation.

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Social Constructivism

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reflects a constructivist orientation and highlights the influence of social factors on perception, thought, and motivation

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Social cognition perspective

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Focuses on the cause-and-effect relationships and explanations that individuals formulate to account for their own and others’ behavior and the way in which the world operates.

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Attribution Theory

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Criticized for neglecting emotions, and efforts have been made to incorporate considerations related to emotions within a cognitive framework.

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Cognitive-emotional perspective

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play a significant role in influencing children’s moral development and in motivating people’s prosocial behavior, activism, and ethical responses.

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Empathy and the moral emotions

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involve both cognitive and emotional brain processing

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Memory storage and retrieval , moral decision making,

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entails an individual managing his emotions, motivating himself, reading the emotions of others, and working effectively in interpersonal relationships.

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Emotional intelligence (EI)

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includes learners monitoring their own cognitive processes, emotions, and surroundings to achieve goals.

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Self-regulation