Cognitve Theory Quiz

6. Because the cognitive methodology uses scientific experiments and numerical data, it is largely ________ in nature.
8. According to Piaget, the stage where language and symbols are used, but logical operations are still absent, is called the _________ stage.
9. Reality is experienced through mental representations of the world.
10. Cognitive theory is a field of psychology that focuses on mental processes such as memory perception and ____________ .
12. A learning theory in which learning is both an active process and a personal representation of the world.
13. Chomsky argued that children are born with an innate mental mechanism that allows them to acquire language rapidly. This mechanism is called the ________.
14. Reasoning that is emphasised by cognitive psychology.
15. A learning principle where behaviour is shaped by consequences (rewards/punishments): ___________ conditioning.

1. Treating mind as mere computation, ignoring meaning and embodiment.
2. Memory, perception, attention and decision-making are examples of _____________ processes in cognitive theory.
3. The cognitive paradigm views the mind as an information-processing system, through multiple independent processors. This is called _____________.
4. A cognitive process that aids in the transference of working memory to long-term memory.
5. The awareness of one’s thinking and the capability to implement strategies and alter patterns.
7. Because cognitive psychology aims to produce objective, testable knowledge using experiments and measurable evidence, its rhetorical structure is strongly influenced by ________.
11. When lab results fail to generalise to real-world environments like classrooms, this is called ___________ validity.