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COGNITIVE SCHEMA [2 records]

Record 1 2018-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A representation formed in the mind of one's spatial environment.

CONT

[The researcher] is best known for his understanding of learning in terms of the development of cognitive "field" maps, which, presumably, existed in the brain like [a] cognitive schema of the learned environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Représentation mentale qu'un individu se fait de l'organisation de l'espace dans lequel il se trouve.

CONT

[...] les rats ont acquis une connaissance de la structure du labyrinthe qui leur permet de prévoir la solution correcte [...] et d'adopter directement le comportement efficace. Pour désigner cette connaissance acquise de la topographie du labyrinthe, [le chercheur] utilise l'expression «cognitive map» ou carte mentale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

The mode in which a person organizes and classifies his perceptions of the environment in order to impose order upon a confusing series of events.

CONT

The design of this st udy [Life Change approach] takes cognizance of a comprehensive model of illness by incorporating selected personality and social context variables and evaluating the impact of these on the relationship between psychosocial stress and change in health. Specifically, do a) cognitive style as reflected in measures of the concept of locus of control ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
OBS

Cognitif. Qualifie, en psychologie appliquée [...] ce qui a trait à la connaissance ou, plus exactement, aux capacités et mécanismes d'apprentissage et d'accession à la connaissance et au savoir, domaine couramment dit «intellectuel»; le terme «cognitif» vise à éviter la difficulté de définition et l'imprécision pratique du mot «intellectuel» et à serrer de plus près la nature des processus en cause tels qu'on peut les saisir à l'examen, en les opposant aux processus conatifs [...] bases du domaine dit «affectif».

Key term(s)
  • mode cognitif

Spanish

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