cognitive learning
Thinking-based knowledge gain
Cognitive learning is the acquisition of knowledge through mental processes—thinking, problem-solving, reasoning, and memory—rather than through repetition or conditioning.
The term emphasizes understanding over rote memorization: Cognitive learning strategies help students grasp underlying concepts.
In psychology and education, it contrasts with behavioral approaches that focus on stimulus and response.
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- spaced repetitionReview method using increasing gaps
- active recallGenerating answers from memory
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- neuroplasticityBrain's self-rewiring ability
brain training · problem-solving · metacognition · chunking · memory · mental models · intrinsic motivation · working memory · elaboration · mnemonics · abstraction · conceptualization · attention · developmental stages · Bloom's taxonomy · knowledge transfer · aha moment · emotional regulation
cognitive learningclassical conditioning
Learned stimulus-response association
operant conditioning · behavioral conditioning · conditioned response · behaviorism · Pavlovian conditioning
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