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

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?

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?
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!