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COGNITIVISM [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

Developed as a response to behaviorism, cognitivism asserts that learning by an individual happens when they process the information and stimulus they receive. Rather than simply responding to stimuli and responding through conditioning, learners think about and analyze their responses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Tendance théorique qui met l'accent sur les activités supérieures humaines (la cognition), et qui accepte l'idée qu'une connaissance scientifique de ces activités est possible.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2011-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
31.01.11 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

interdisciplinary knowledge field, whose stated objective is to discover the representational and computational capacities of the mind and their structural and functional representation in the brain

OBS

Cognitive science deals with the symbol-processing nature of cognition and encompasses disciplines as diverse as psychology, computer science, linguistics, anthropology, philosophy, education, mathematics, engineering, physiology, and neuroscience.

OBS

cognitive science; cognitivism: terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
31.01.11 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

domaine interdisciplinaire qui se propose de découvrir les capacités de la pensée à représenter et à calculer, ainsi que leur matérialisation structurelle et fonctionnelle dans le cerveau humain

OBS

La science cognitive s'intéresse à la nature du traitement symbolique impliqué dans les processus cognitifs, et ce, à partir de disciplines aussi diverses que la psychologie, l'informatique, la linguistique, l'anthropologie, la philosophie, la pédagogie, les mathématiques, l'ingénierie, la physiologie et la neuroscience.

OBS

science cognitive; cognitivisme : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-31:1997].

Spanish

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