cognitivist
- noun
- /ˈkɒnɪtɪvɪst/
- Specialized
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cognitivista
- What becomes increasingly clear in the writings of other cognitivists is that these special things can be done with films because films are comprehended through processes of perception, and perception is portrayed as independent of language.
- cognitivist approaches
Examples
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Cognitivist Robert Gagne (1916-2002) detailed a cognitive approach when he presented the educational community with his "Events of Instruction" (1965).
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By introducing the claim that maturation was key to learning, the cognitivists were the first to introduce biology to the educational arena.
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But practically speaking, how does one adopt the more "scientific" attitude the cognitivists want us to take toward film studies?
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Carroll is more direct about the reasons for this move by the cognitivists.
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Furthermore, cognitivist teachers believe that learners bring different understandings and ways of knowing to the classroom.
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As a result, cognitivists downplayed the importance of curriculum.
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"What is somewhat more surprising is the reasoning behind the cognitivists' calls for more theorizing in film studies."
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Cognitivist theorists consider the information acquired by novices to be stored in isolation.
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But when Carroll turns to his cognitivist theories of film, it becomes clear that such theories perform an unwarranted displacement of interpretive practice.
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The conference featured a speaker who identified as a cognitivist, explaining how mental processes could be scientifically studied.
Synonyms
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A scientist who studies how people think, learn, remember, and use language
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cognitivist comes from the root cognit- meaning 'to know', the same root in cognitive and 'recognize'. A cognitivist is a person who studies thinking and believes mind processes can be tested by science, so the word names people who use scientific ways to understand how we think.