Dr. Ken Tangen gives a quick overview of cognition; what is and the most common theories of how it works.

5. Heuristics

6. When you have a hammer,
everything looks like a nail

7. Attention is influenced by vividness

15. Mind as computer

16. Perception

17. comparison, evaluation, problem solving

18. memory

19. behaviors

21. Information Processing
a reaction to behaviorism

25. Spiral Presentation

26. Use the rock of prior knowledge
to interpret new info

27. extension of constructivism

28. Learning should be in
multiple contexts

29. Assumes students have

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