Thinking VS Learning Thinking More complex than learning Manipulates representations of the environment Applies perceptions, makes associations, furthers current cause Stimulus-stimulus reactions Learning Learning is stimulus- response interactions.Īctivity Cognitive approach… Explain how it is different than the biological and behaviorist approach Which approach appeals to you the most? ADHD: This is a life-long issue for some people. Mentally, we close the pictures … how could you interpret A,B,C,D? To solve the puzzle, one must look at the whole concept or image… Gestalt slides A vase or two faces? According to the Gestalt theory, our mind can only see one image at a time. ![]() Gestalt Theory- everything is view in context… In learning, opposed to the reductionism of behaviourism, it concentrates on the way in which the mind insists on finding patterns in things, and how this contributes to learning, especially the development of “insight”.behaviourism Gestalt Theory Gestalt is a german word that means Pattern Shape Figure Form Whole It is a theory that suggests we look at things as a whole… and we process information as a whole… Happy/Sad/Surprised/Angry/Disgusted/Fearful ? Can You Tell ? Wolfgang Kohler –Gestalt theory… our mind fills in the blanks of perception (see next slide) ![]() ![]() Literature frequently refers to the BLACK BOX of mental processing (we can’t see mental processing…) Use animals for MEMORY researchīig-deal Cognitive folks Noam Chomsky –Theories of language acquisition Norbert Wiener –computer simulations of thought… worked with cybernetics… tried to get computers to respond to different situations. Presentation on theme: "Cognitive Approach The way I think is the way I behave…"- Presentation transcript:Ĭognitive Approach The way I think is the way I behave…įocuses of Cognitive Approach The PROCESSES of thinking and memory Attention Imagery Creativity Problem solving Language useĭifferent from Learning approach (Behaviorists) Concerned with mental processes Concerned with what humans can perceive and communicate Focused on the mind.
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