Cognitive psychology studies how people think, perceive, remember, and learn. It emerged in reaction to behaviorism. Learning is not just reactionary. Key contributors include Paivio, Gagne, Gardner, and Bloom. Bloom classified learning into cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. He defined cognitive domain as intellectual level, organizing it into six levels of complexity from knowledge to evaluation. Teachers may use alternative assessments and technology to incorporate higher-order thinking. Students may delve deeper into critical thinking and use technology for creative synthesis.

1. Sarah Stevenson

2.  Key Points
 Notable Contributors
 Classroom Implications

3.  Cognitive psychology studies
◦ How people think
◦ How people perceive
◦ How people remember
◦ How people learn
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4.  Came as a reaction to behaviorist thinking.
How does thinking, deciding, remembering, etc., underlie
behavior?
 Learning is NOT a reactionary phenomenon.
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5.  Allan Paivio (1925- )
 Robert Gagne (1916-2002)
 Howard Gardner (1943- )
 Benjamin Bloom (1913-1999)
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6.  Bloom classified learning into three domains:
1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Psychomotor
He defined the cognitive domain as a student’s intellectual level.
-what students know
-how they organize ideas and thoughts
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7.  Bloom identified six levels of intellectual
learning, from simple to complex. These
levels are known as .
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8.  Knowledge- recalling information
 Comprehension- explaining and predicting
 Application- solving and using
 Analysis- seeing, organizing, and recognizing
 Synthesis- creating and relating
 Evaluation- comparing and discriminating
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9.  Teachers utilizing this theory may
 Use alternate methods of assessment, like a portfolio
showing the students’ work. This allows room for higher
order thinking than a typical multiple-choice test
 Incorporate technology into the classroom by having
students do research on computers. This allows them to
be fully immersed in the learning process, and in turn,
they teach themselves.
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10.  Students utilizing this theory may
 Go more in depth with their learning. Rather than just
recalling and remembering, practice critical thinking.
 Use technology to create (ex. Powerpoints). This applies the
synthesis level of intellectual learning.
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