Chapter 7 – Cognition and Memory (Total Days: 6, pages: 163):$30

Cognitive means to think.  This thinking psychology is involved in the transformation, reduction, elaboration, storage, and use of sensory input.  The students learn that cognition begins with sensory input, information coding, kinds of knowledge, and types of processing central concepts in cognitive psychology.  They learn that codes are created by cognitive processes that can be restored, recovered, and reconstructed and serves as a way to view the world. They also learn that reconstruction is common and is correlated with general world knowledge.

Students should know the difference between procedural and declarative knowledge and the distinctions between effortful and automatic processing and between serial and parallel processing.  The course introduces the topics of memory, language, thinking, problem-solving, and creativity.  Students should learn about reconstruction, complexity, episodic and semantic memory, forgetting, the role of context, and current models of memory processes and practical ways to improve one’s memory.  There are also various models of language and learn how biological, cognitive, and cultural-social constraints affect the acquisition, development, and use of language.  Students should be aware of the role between language and thought as well as to the theories and evidence of the role of metacognitive skills in thinking.  Types of thinking would also include concept formation.

In problem-solving, students should understand problem-solving strategies such as algorithms and heuristics as well as hindrances such as functional fixedness.  They should also understand the role of creativity in problem-solving and thinking.

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