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An Introduction To Cognitive Science

The document discusses learning and cognition, explaining that cognition involves processes like acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and experience. It also discusses the relationship between learning and cognition, noting that cognition results in learned behaviors and responses, and that learning requires cognition. The document provides information on cognitive science and cognitive psychology as well.

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An Introduction To Cognitive Science

The document discusses learning and cognition, explaining that cognition involves processes like acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and experience. It also discusses the relationship between learning and cognition, noting that cognition results in learned behaviors and responses, and that learning requires cognition. The document provides information on cognitive science and cognitive psychology as well.

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Understanding Cognition

Learning is the process of acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values,
or preferences. Evidence that learning has occurred may be seen in changes in behavior from simple to
complex: from moving a finger, to writing skills and creativity. The ability to learn is possessed by humans,
animals, and some machines. Some learning is immediate, induced by a single event (e.g. being burned by a
hot stove), but much skill and knowledge accumulates from repeated experiences. The changes induced by
learning often last a lifetime.

Cognition is "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through
thought, experience and senses". It encompasses processes such as producing knowledge, attention and
memory, in addition to reasoning, problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production of
language. Human cognition is conscious and unconscious. Cognitive processes use existing knowledge and
generate new knowledge.

The relationship between learning and cognition is that cognition is a process that results in a learned
behavior or response. These two concepts are strongly and directly linked, since learning requires cognition
and cognition involves learning. As a result of this relationship, learning takes place through many forms of
cognitive processes, such as: imagining, reasoning and memorizing. In this sense, learning and cognition are
defined differently, even if they may appear similar.

Learning is based on the theory that an organism is born with the neurological ability to acquire
knowledge. Whether through a structured environment, such as school or work, or trial and error, some
cognitive processes take place to produce knowledge. These same processes become traits of the individual
and can lead to additional learning. Humans are known to have a high level cognition that may not be
present in other animals.

Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary, scientific study of the mind and its processes. It examines
the nature and the functions of cognition. Cognitive psychologists study how people acquire and perceive,
process and store, information. This work can range from exploring how we form concepts to understanding
the interplay between working memory and long-term memory. Cognitive psychologists are thought of as
brain scientists who investigate how the human brain works – how we think, know, learn and remember.
They apply both neurological and psychological science to understand how we categorize information, make
decisions, and solve problems.

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