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Chapter 0: About Cognition & Leaning, Cognitive Capabilities - Coggle…
Chapter 0: About Cognition & Leaning
Differences between
Brain and Mind
Brain
-Similar to the engine of a car
Mind
-Sinimilar to the driver of the car.
-Contents: Thoughts, concepts, memories, emotions, percepts, and intentions
Science
Scientia (Latin) – knowledge
A system of acquiring knowledge
How?
= using observation and experimentation.
Why?
= to describe and explain natural phenomena.
The organized body of knowledge peoplehave gained using that system
Purpose
– produce useful models of reality
Cognition
Cognitio (Latin)
to acquire knowledge through the exercise of mental powers
The process of acquiring, processing, and applying knowledge
processes by
sensory input.
Reduced
Elaborated
Transformed
Stored
Recovered
Used
how we receive information from the outside world through our senses, how we organize it and use it
Cognitive Processes
Reasoning
Perception
Language
Imagery
Learning
Memory
Problem Solving
Obtain
Sensation
Visual, Auditory, Perceptual illusions
Perception
Attention
Store
Memory
Information Processing
Representations
Utilize
Day-to-day
Concept, Proposition, rules, analogy
Studying the MIND: Practical Implications
Understanding how the mind works enable practitioners, designers, scholars to...
Develop ways to OPTIMIZE human performance
Appreciate and understand the gift of being HUMAN
Cognitive Capabilities