Cognitive Theories in Psychology
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Cognitive Theories in Psychology

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According to the passage, what do cognitivists try to understand?

  • The mind and its abilities in perception, learning, thinking, and language use (correct)
  • The influence of social and cultural factors on cognition
  • The effects of reinforcement and punishment on behavior
  • The brain's biological functions and neural connections
  • How do cognitive theorists view learning?

  • As a function of the combinatorial effect of an individual's perceptual processes, attitudes, belief systems, and other mental processes (correct)
  • As a biological process determined by neural connections in the brain
  • As a result of social interactions and cultural influences
  • As a process of strengthening associations through training and reinforcement
  • According to the passage, how do cognitive theorists view humans?

  • As products of their social and cultural environments
  • As passive organisms where associations are strengthened through training
  • As biological entities driven by neural connections in the brain
  • As active information processors who engage in symbolic mental processes (correct)
  • How do cognitive theories of learning view the process of learning, according to Loftus (1993)?

    <p>As the perception of new relationships and the organization or reorganization of existing knowledge into new patterns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What analogy did cognitive theorists use to describe the human brain?

    <p>A computer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, what do cognitive theorists contrast themselves with?

    <p>S-R theorists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What mental processes are associated with an organism becoming aware of or coming to know its environment, according to the passage?

    <p>Perception, learning, thinking, and language use</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the passage, what do cognitive theories postulate?

    <p>Theories about the inner workings of the mind</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of cognitive theories of learning, according to the passage?

    <p>To enable the solution of a particular problem to be found</p> Signup and view all the answers

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