Behavioral/Cognitive Learning
generally agreed-upon orientation that assumes humans are active information processors
What is cognitive view of learning?
This models of memory stores information like a computer and retrieves the information when needed
What is early information processing?
storage of information over an extended period
What is long-term memory?
builds extra links to existing knowledge, and allows students to make material “their own.”
What is elaboration?
Type of brain cell that responds when we copy someone performing an action
What are Mirror Neurons?
Part of your brain that has the most to do with memory
What is the hippocampus?
a small amount of information that can be held in mind and used to execute cognitive tasks
What is working memory?
Types of explicit (conscious) memory
What are episodic and semantic memory?
Studying and learning information in the space that you are going to take the test
Part of brain in the frontal lobe that deals with complex behavior
What is the prefrontal cortex?
explored nature of knowledge, value of reason, and contents of the mind
Who were the Ancient Greeks?
the amount of resources required to perform a task
What is Cognitive load theory?
retrieving memories based on relatedness
What is Spreading activation?
the more effort that is required to learn the information, the better it will be remembered
What is desirable difficulty?
The memory used to recall language
What is Semantic Memory?
This is shaped by cognitive processing activities
What is the brain?
"knowing how" to do something
what is Procedural knowledge?
the process of trying to find the memory
What is retrieval?
“hanging” memories on a peg or post so that you could remember when you see a specific “peg”
What is the loci method?
Extremely vivid memories of moments with emotional connotations attached to them
What are Flashbulb Memories?
This grows as you expand your memory
What is the hippocampus?
knowing how to manage your learning
What is self-regulatory knowledge?
recreating the information by using logic, expectations, memories, and existing knowledge
What is reconstruction?
Techniques for remembering; the art of memory
What is mnemonics?
Cognitive capacity one uses to deal with problems not related to the learning task
What is Extraneous Cognitive Load?