Learning and cognition
Essential topics in the context of learning and cognition
Classical conditioning: unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, neutral stimulus, conditioned stimulus, conditioned response
Operant conditioning: reinforcement (positive and negative), punishment (positive and negative)
Social learning theory (will be covered under human development): observational learning, vicarious learning, vicarious reinforcement, reciprocal determinism, attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, self-efficacy, locus of control, learned helplessness
Schema theory: schema, script, accommodation, assimilation, disequilibrium
Cognitive models - multi store model of memory (MSM): sensory memory, short-term memory (STM), long-term memory
Cognitive models - working memory model (WMM): central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, episodic buffer
Cognitive load theory: intrinsic load, extraneous load, germane load
Dual processing model: system 1, system 2, intuitive thinking, rational thinking, cognitive biases, availability heuristics
Cognitive biases: confirmation bias, anchoring bias
Biological base of memory: holism, reductionism, neuron, action potential, synaptic transmission, neural network, neuroplasticity, long-term potentiation, dendritic branching, synaptic pruning,
Applying six basic concepts (bias, causality, change, measurement, perspective, responsibility) with all topics
Applying three basic approaches (biological, cognitive and sociocultural) with all topics
Understanding the research methodology and empirical evidence behind each topic
HL extensions: the role of culture, motivation and technology in learning and cognition
Class practical: experiment
Operant conditioning: reinforcement (positive and negative), punishment (positive and negative)
Social learning theory (will be covered under human development): observational learning, vicarious learning, vicarious reinforcement, reciprocal determinism, attention, retention, reproduction, motivation, self-efficacy, locus of control, learned helplessness
Schema theory: schema, script, accommodation, assimilation, disequilibrium
Cognitive models - multi store model of memory (MSM): sensory memory, short-term memory (STM), long-term memory
Cognitive models - working memory model (WMM): central executive, phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, episodic buffer
Cognitive load theory: intrinsic load, extraneous load, germane load
Dual processing model: system 1, system 2, intuitive thinking, rational thinking, cognitive biases, availability heuristics
Cognitive biases: confirmation bias, anchoring bias
Biological base of memory: holism, reductionism, neuron, action potential, synaptic transmission, neural network, neuroplasticity, long-term potentiation, dendritic branching, synaptic pruning,
Applying six basic concepts (bias, causality, change, measurement, perspective, responsibility) with all topics
Applying three basic approaches (biological, cognitive and sociocultural) with all topics
Understanding the research methodology and empirical evidence behind each topic
HL extensions: the role of culture, motivation and technology in learning and cognition
Class practical: experiment
Learning And Cognition Lesson Materials
Learning And Cognition Links
Essential links for the context of Learning and cognition
How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
Peter Doolittle TED talk
The Charlie Chaplin illusion
Pattern recognition and effort after meaning in action
Piaget's Schema: Accommodation and Assimilitation of New Information
Sprouts video
The 1979 Woolworths Fire
A short documentary by Fascinating Horror. How could cognitive schemas and cognitive scripts be used to study explain what happened in Woolworth?
It's ok to be smart video on the topic
Joseph Martinez on the effects of scopolamine on memory functions on rats
This educational video explains some of the chemistry related to memory functions
Long-term potentiation (LTP)
A Khan Academy video on the topic
London taxi drivers develop a different part of the brain
AFP News Agency video related to the Maguire et al. (2000) study
The case of HM
TED-Ed video on the topic
What is Alzheimer disease?
AboutAlzOrg video on the topic
More coming!
How your "working memory" makes sense of the world
Peter Doolittle TED talk
The Charlie Chaplin illusion
Pattern recognition and effort after meaning in action
Piaget's Schema: Accommodation and Assimilitation of New Information
Sprouts video
The 1979 Woolworths Fire
A short documentary by Fascinating Horror. How could cognitive schemas and cognitive scripts be used to study explain what happened in Woolworth?
Summary of Loftus & Palmer (1974) study
Super Psychology video of the famous study
How reliable is your memory?
Elisabeth Loftus TED-talk on the topic
What if you never forgot anything?Super Psychology video of the famous study
How reliable is your memory?
Elisabeth Loftus TED-talk on the topic
It's ok to be smart video on the topic
Joseph Martinez on the effects of scopolamine on memory functions on rats
This educational video explains some of the chemistry related to memory functions
Long-term potentiation (LTP)
A Khan Academy video on the topic
London taxi drivers develop a different part of the brain
AFP News Agency video related to the Maguire et al. (2000) study
The case of HM
TED-Ed video on the topic
What is Alzheimer disease?
AboutAlzOrg video on the topic
More coming!