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Cognition and Constructivism: Understanding Knowledge Construction

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What is the primary function of the cognitive process of attention?

To allow people to focus on a specific stimulus in the environment (correct)

To facilitate decision-making and problem-solving

To enable individuals to express thoughts through language

To store information in memory

According to the theory of constructivism, how do learners acquire knowledge?

Through passive reception of information

Through memorization and repetition

Through active construction and discovery (correct)

Through direct instruction by the teacher

What is the primary function of the cognitive process of perception?

To take in information through the senses and respond accordingly (correct)

To facilitate language comprehension

To engage in higher-level reasoning and decision-making

To encode information in memory

Which cognitive process involves the ability to understand and express thoughts through spoken and written words?

Language Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of individual constructivism?

Child-centered and discovery learning Signup and view all the answers

Which cognitive process is responsible for encoding, storing, and retrieving information?

Memory Signup and view all the answers

What is the core idea of Social Constructivism?

Knowledge exists in a social context and is initially shared with others. Signup and view all the answers

Which theorist rejected the idea that learning is the passive assimilation of given knowledge?

Jean Piaget Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of modifying existing cognitive structures to account for new experiences?

Accommodation Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of providing negative instances in concept learning?

To provide a comparison to positive instances Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for an organized body of knowledge about something?

Schema Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary goal of applying Constructivism in facilitating learning?

To make learners understand and construct knowledge Signup and view all the answers