Mental Aspect 2 Flashcards
Plays very important role in learning
The human information processing system
Once the neural impulses reach the brain, another system or process will be activated called
Thinking process
Activate important subsystems to convert neural impulses into meaningful information
Knowledge
Level 1
The sensory level
Requires stimulation and activation of senses
Level 1. The sensory level
Some other stimuli interfere and distract the encoding process
Interference
Weak stimuli that do not reach the sensory threshold tend to deminish and decay
Information decay
No matter how significant or strong the stimulation is, it is only the person who decides an sets himself or helself
Lack of attention
Level 2
The mental level
After receiving learning information via the sensory level these information proceed to the brain for mental processing
Level 2. The mental level
Cognitive faculty helps us recall, remember, and retain any information for future use
Memory
Holds information tentatively
Sensory memory
Holds information on a relatively shorter period
Short-term memory
Holds information on a relatively longer period
Long-term memory
It is converted to a sensory impulse, through a process
Encoding
From a stimulus to impulse is necessary in order to make them readable by the human brain
Transduction
In the long term memory, some information may also get lost due to phenomenon
Forgetting
Information, knowledge, or abilities that are not used for a longtime tend to be forgotten
Decay of information due to disuse
Some new information tend to overwrite old formation
Interference:new vs. old information
Known as voluntary forgetting
Effort of a person to forget
Repression
Purposeful and systematic encoding and re-encoding of information to memory
Rehearsal
Responsible in giving meaning to that information
Comprehension
This mental faculty helps us in making quick approximations of value, form, quantity, and quality of any relevant information
Estimation
Ability to create mental pictures or representations of learning information
Imagination
Level 3
Motivational level
Learning depends significantly on the sensory and mental mechanisms
Level 3. Motivational level
We can posit if one does not have the right motivation to learn the information
The motivation to learn and sensory activation
Sensory level was successfully carried up to the mental level
The motivation to learn and mental processing
What part is the human brain
Central nervous system (CNS)
Biggest part of the brain
Cerebral cortex
Best describe cerebral cortex
Localization of function
Hemispheric specialization
Specific mental processes are correlated with discrete regions of the brain
Localization of function
Each lobe of the brain has specialized functions
Hemispheric specialization
Largest of the four cortical lobes of the brain
Frontal lobe
Located at the back of frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Center of human brain
Occipital lobe
Behind the ears and extends to the left and right sides of the brain
Temporal lobe
Brain pounds
3 lbs
Hemispheric specialization
Left hemispheric
Right hemispheric
