Cognitive School of Thought

Here we are, for the last school of thought, which is Cognitive.

Cognitive Learning Theory is a broad theory that explains thinking and differing mental processes and how they are influenced by internal and external factors in order to produce learning in individuals. When cognitive processes are working normally then acquisition and storage of knowledge works well, but when these cognitive processes are ineffective, learning delays and difficulties can be seen.

These cognitive processes are: observing, categorizing, and forming generalizations about our environment. A disruption in these natural cognitive processes can cause behavioral problems in individuals and the key to treating these problems lies in changing the disrupted process. For example, a person with an eating disorder genuinely believes that they are extremely overweight. Some of this is due to a cognitive disruption in which their perception of their own weight is skewed. A therapist will try to change their constant pattern of thinking that they are overweight in order to decrease the unhealthy behaviors that are a result of it.

You must be perplexed by the definition right? How about we meet Teacher Tony from the last post again? Maybe he can help us understanding this learning theory.

 

There you have it guys! Again Teacher Tony with his wonderful explanation about Cognitive Learning. Thank you, Teacher Tony!

I bet by now you have grasp some ideas about this school of thought, right? Well, I certainly hope so. If not, then you might want to check out these stuffs I personally handpicked for your understanding.

Le' Blooms Taxonomy of thinking skills.

 

 

Different learning styles. Are you right-brained or left-brained? Check it out, now!

 

The process of transferring information, from receiving it till storing it in our long term memory.