Who was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development?
Jean Piaget
On what theory learning is concerned not so much with what learners do but with what they know and how they come to acquire it
Cognitivism
To what theory do "level tests" belong to?
Behaviourism
Who viewed education as vocational training?
The Romans
What is the term we use to refer to the application of learned knowledge in new situations?
Transfer
In Piaget's theory, what is the name given to building blocks of knowledge?
schemas
Who were the first to start discussing about knowledge?
The Greeks
In which theory the focus is on is on changing the learner by encouraging him/her to use appropriate learning strategies.?
Cognitivism
What's the name of the process that happens when happens when the existing schema (knowledge) does not work, and needs to be changed to deal with a new object or situation?
Accommodation
Which theory suggests that learning results when information is stored in memory in an organized, meaningful manner?.
Cognitivism
Which theory equates learning with creating meaning from experience?
Constructivism
Which theory focuses on the importance of reinforcement?
Behaviourism
In which theory experience is given primary importance?
Constructivism
Which theory focused on processes such as thinking, problem solving, language, concept formation and information processing?
Cognitivism
Which theory address the issues of how information is received, organized, stored, and retrieved by the mind?
Cognitivism
What is the right term to refer to the process when an existing schema deals with a new object or situation?
Assimilation
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