Cognitive Theories Flashcards
behaviourism is based on the premise that …
it is not possible to objectively study the mind
behaviourists believe that psychologists should limit …
their attention to the study of behaviour itself (only focus on behaviour)
Skinner used the ideas of … along with the application of …. to train …
stimulus and response. rewards or reinforcements. pigeons and other animals
Albert Bandura’s theory was called …
the social learning theory
Bandura’s theory calls our attention to …
the ways in which many of our actions are not learned through conditioning
how did Bandura believe young children learn?
young children frequently learn behaviours through imitation, modeling or copying
define reciprocal determinism
there is interplay between our personality and the way we interpret events and how they influence us
cognitive theories focus on …
how our mental processes or cognitions change over time
list the three important cognitive theories
Jean Piagets’s, Lev Vygotsky’s and Information-processing
Jean Piaget was inspired to …
explore children’s ability to think and reason by watching his own children’s development
Piaget was on of the first to …
recognize and map out the ways in which children’s intelligence differs from that of adults
what was Lev Vygotsky’s theory called and what did it emphasize?
the sociocultural theory, emphasized the importance of culture and interaction in the development of cognitive abilities
Information processing is not the work of …
a single theorist, but based on the ideas and research of several cognitive scientists
the scientists who worked on the information processing theory studied … (5)
how individuals perceive, analyze, manipulate, use and remember information
the information processing approach assumes that …
humans gradually improve in their processing skills; that is, cognitive development is continuous rather than stage-like
