Author: Nazmi Dincer
According to Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (1936-50), children’s brain evolves through time. A kid’s cognitive growth entails more than simply collecting information; the youngster must also create or build a mental picture of the world. Children go through a variety of phases as their cognitive development is influenced by their intrinsic abilities and surrounding experiences. This biologic maturation is categorized as follows:
- Sensorimotor stage (0-2): Object permanence
- Preoperational stage
Jerome Bruner was a key figure in the development of Discovery Learning which is based on cognitive psychology and described as a method
…Motivation is a controversial concept as it is not possible to measure it directly. According to psychologists working in the field of education, motivation is a term that highlights the process of using our energy to conduct purposeful behavior (Wlodkowski, 1989). There are several definitions of motivation. The majority of these definitions are divided into two groups: physiological and psychological definitions. However, In the broadest sense, motivation refers to the process in which individuals interact with the environment in a
…In cognitive psychology, humans are seen as a data processor, similar to how a computer receives data and processes it according to a program to generate an
…Psychologists have long been discussing the biological bases of learning and memory. This could also be referred to as the effect of nature vs nurture on learning. They looked for
…Albert Bandura’s social learning theory stresses the necessity of monitoring, modeling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and affective states of people. When it
…Behaviorism: All actions are taught by contact with the environment through a process known as conditioning, according to behaviorism, also known as behavioral psychology. As a result, behavior is nothing more than a reaction to external stimuli.
Merely observable stimulus-response behaviors are of interest to behaviorists as they can be researched in a systematic and observable way.
In 1913, John Watson published an article titled “Psychology as the Behaviorist Views It,” in which he outlined a number of basic assumptions
…To define learning, a set of principles or assumptions were put forward with regard to the nature of learning and how it takes place. These assumptions were later examined through systematic investigations to the arising questions pertaining to learning. The results of the investigations formed the basics of hypotheses which required further research to test the validity and reliability of the ideas whether they are proved in different contexts with a rich body of participants. This process paved the way
…To explore the beginnings of human language, we must first define the real question. The question is not how languages evolved over time to become the languages of the world today. It is instead how the human species evolved over time such that humans, instead of our closest friends, the chimps and some others, became capable of utilizing language.
What a fantastic advancement! Human language is unlike any other natural communication mechanism. Human language has the ability to express ideas
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