cognitive psychology
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Cognitive perspectiveTRANSCRIPT
COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
ERLYN G. MANGADLAO Reporter
Module 9:
PSYCHOLOGY
Unit 3.2
• the forefront of the cognitive psychology.–The foundation of the cognitive
perspective to learning. –The external and mechanistic focus
of behaviorism. –The mental processes and products
of perception.
PSYCHOLOGY
ACTIVITY
OLD MAN OR TWO PEOPLE
LADY OR OLD WOMAN
BIRD OR LEAVES
HORSE OR LADY
OLD COUPLE OR YOUNG PEOPLE
Was your experience in figuring Out the picture? WHAT
WHAT Helped you perceived the interesting pictures?
Did you go about examining the pictures?HOW
THEORYWas the initial
cognitive responded to behaviorism.
Emphasized the importance of sensory
wholes and the dynamic nature of visual perception.
Term gestalt means:
“Form” or “Configuration”
GESTALT PSYCHOLOGISTSMax Wertheimer(1880 – 1943)
Wolfgang Köhler(1887 - 1967 )
Kurt Koffka(1887 – 1941)
Kurt Lewin(1890 – 1947)
Certain Factors Impact on this perceptual process.
• Past experiences• Needs• Attitudes• and One’s Present
situation – can affect his
perception.
PRINCIPLES
PRAGNANZ
Law of ProximityElements that
are closer together will be perceived as a coherent object.
Law of SimilarityElements that
look similar will be perceived as part of the same form.
Law of Closure
occurs when an object is incomplete or a space is not completely enclosed.
Law of Continuation
occurs when the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to another object.
Law of Pragnanz
Reality is organized or reduced to the simplest form possible.
Law of Figure/Ground
We pay attention and perceive things in the foreground first.
The important aspect of learning was not
reinforcement, but the coordination of thinking
to create new organizations. Kohler referred to this behavior as insight or discovery
learning.Creative thought
Gestalt laws
Good
learning
Thank you!