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Questions For Cognitive Theories
Questions For Cognitive Theories
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MAed Physical Education
Dr. Perry C. Piano
November 03, 2023
2. After reading Ausebel’s subsumption theory, list the four processes by which meaningful
learning can occur and explain each.
According to Ausubel's Subsumption Theory, four steps facilitate meaningful learning:
Subsumption:
Improving meaning and retention by incorporating new information into existing cognitive systems.
Differentiation Progressive:
Making distinctions within existing mental categories to gain a more complete knowledge.
Reconciliation:
Identifying and resolving discrepancies between new knowledge and current cognitive structures, as well as
modifying mental categories.
Superordinate Education:
Forming higher-level mental categories by developing comprehensive cognitive frameworks that incorporate
several related concepts.
For effective and meaningful learning, these processes emphasize the significance of linking new information
with past knowledge, enhancing comprehension, resolving discrepancies, and building broader mental
categories.
3. Discuss the Gestalt principles or laws that govern how people assign meanings to visual
stimuli.
Gestalt principles are a set of laws that describe how people perceive and interpret visual input. These
principles are as follows:
The Law of Similarity states that similar elements are believed to belong together.
The Law of Proximity states that elements that are close to one other are regarded as a group.
Incomplete figures are mentally finished for coherence under the Law of Closure.
The Law of Continuity states that elements along a continuous line or smooth curve are viewed as one.
The Law of Figure-Ground states that objects are viewed to be different from their surrounds.
Symmetrical items are viewed as more stable and harmonious, according to the Law of Symmetry.
Elements going in the same direction are viewed as a group under the Law of Common Fate.
Perceptions tend to be arranged into the simplest and most coherent forms, according to the Law of
Prägnanz.