AP PSYCHOLOGY

LEARNING

BIOLOGY COGNITION AND LEARNING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Francis can give the currencies of the different countries when asked by the teacher. Apparently, he has what kind of memory?
A
situational
B
semantic
C
procedural
D
episodic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Examples of cognitive learning strategies include: Encouraging discussions about what is being taught. Helping students explore and understand how ideas are connected. Asking students to justify and explain their thinking. Using visualizations to improve students’ understanding and recall.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cognitive learning theory focuses on the internal processes surrounding information and memory. Jean Piaget founded cognitive psychology in the 1930s as a reaction to the prevalent behaviorist school of psychology. According to Piaget, a schema is the basic unit of knowledge, and schemata build up over a lifetime.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bandura goes on to explain that “Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions, this coded information serves as a guide for action."

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