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 (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

A computer (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

S-R theorists (C) 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 (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to the passage, what do cognitive theories postulate?

Theories about the inner workings of the mind (D) 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 (A) Signup and view all the answers