Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

The basic attributes of organization and adaptation that apply to all biological characteristics and, therefore, to intelligence as a biological characteristic of humans, organization.      

All of those adaptive specializations for which an organism is prepared that are specific to a particular function and not accessible for use for other purposes.  

A conception of learning that holds that humans acquire pieces of knowledge. This is in contrast to instrumental learning.  

A set of principles of psychology intended to account for intellectual activity resulting from learning.  

A person’s perception of self and others that determines his/her ability to interact effectively. A negative cognitive set is a core feature of depression.  

Organization of knowledge about a given person, object, or stimulus.  

Responses to situations that may require reflection and selection from among strategies. By hypotheses, children must learn to inhibit fast incurring associative responses before they can consistently make cognitive responses.  

The study of knowledge and awareness, e.g., perception, attention, and information processing, SR learning theories. The study of the processes of reasoning and decision making.  

One of the three theoretical perspectives in social psychology. The cognitive orientation emphasizes the thought processes that organize and interpret the properties of the environment, behaviorist orientation; rule-role orientation.  

In education, learning or instructional outcomes that stress the acquisition of knowledge and intellectual skills, cognitive domain.