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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)?

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

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

A computer Signup and view all the answers

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

S-R theorists 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?

Perception, learning, thinking, and language use Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what do cognitive theories postulate?

Theories about the inner workings of the mind Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Cognitive Theories in Psychology

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Questions and Answers

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

How do cognitive theorists view learning?

According to the passage, how do cognitive theorists view humans?

How do cognitive theories of learning view the process of learning, according to Loftus (1993)?

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

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

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

According to the passage, what do cognitive theories postulate?

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

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