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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
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
According to the passage, how do cognitive theorists view humans?
As active information processors who engage in symbolic mental processes
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
What analogy did cognitive theorists use to describe the human brain?
A computer
According to the passage, what do cognitive theorists contrast themselves with?
S-R theorists
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
According to the passage, what do cognitive theories postulate?
Theories about the inner workings of the mind
What is the purpose of cognitive theories of learning, according to the passage?
To enable the solution of a particular problem to be found
Explore how cognitive theorists understand the mind and its abilities in perception, learning, thinking, and language use. Learn about the theories that postulate the inner workings of the mind and how they differ from other theories like S-R theorists.
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