Categories: All - behaviorism - cognition - constructivism - learning

by jason johnson 12 years ago

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learning

Human learning is significantly influenced by changes in mental representations and associations, a process heavily reliant on experiences rather than mere mental maturation. Various psychological theories explain different aspects of this process.

learning

cognition

construct meaning

prior knowledge constructs meaniing

Encoding

Learning

long-term change in mental representations and associations due to experience

Mental accociations – basis in brain

Due to experience – as opposed to mental maturation

Latent learning

Behaviorism – (B.F. skinner, I. Pavlov)

Social learning theory – (A. Bandura. D. Schunk, B. Zimmerman)

Information procession theory – (R. Atkinson, R. Shifton, J. Anderson, A.Baddeley, E. Loftus)

Constructivism – (J. Piaget, J. Bransford, C. Bereiter, M. Scardamalia, G. Hatano)

Sociocultural theory – (L. Vygotsky, B. Rogoff, J. Lave)

change info to learn easier (involves multiple brain regions)

sensory buffs

ignoring

cognitive map

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