Problem
Terms cognitive, cognitive, cognition are fundamental for professionals of human behavior and pedagogy. Knowing it and being able to integrate it into our "hard drive" is necessary. How we learn, what we learn, when we learn (apprehension) why some learn some things and others don't depends on innumerable factors such as genetic inheritance, the environment, the motivations, survival needs or necessity. Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory is a good example of the diversity of these manifestations
A. Define Intelligence (two authors) and contrast these definitions with Gardner's theme of multiple intelligences. There are people who dedicate their lives to agriculture, others to sewing, others are lawyers, teachers, nurses, cleaning or maintenance employees, architects, musicians, etc. etc. etc... and others just don't do anything productive and don't contribute to this society and/or their life. Discuss.
B. Describe the traditional types of learning and present an example of how each one occurred in your life. Use the power point that appears in the learning unit.
C. What is the best way to learn? and what does "learning by doing" mean?
D. How do Pavlov, Bandura, Skinner and Vygotsky present learning? Explain in your own words the basic theory of each one with a practical example.
E. Erick Erickson presents in his 8th stage wisdom as a basic force and disdain as pathology. He relates and reacts to this 8th stage of Erikson.