Cognitive Psychology

COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

ERLYN G. MANGADLAO Reporter

Module 9:

PSYCHOLOGY

Unit 3.2

• the forefront of the cognitive psychology.–The foundation of the cognitive

perspective to learning. –The external and mechanistic focus

of behaviorism. –The mental processes and products

of perception.

PSYCHOLOGY

ACTIVITY

OLD MAN OR TWO PEOPLE

LADY OR OLD WOMAN

BIRD OR LEAVES

HORSE OR LADY

OLD COUPLE OR YOUNG PEOPLE

Was your experience in figuring Out the picture? WHAT

WHAT Helped you perceived the interesting pictures?

Did you go about examining the pictures?HOW

THEORYWas the initial

cognitive responded to behaviorism.

Emphasized the importance of sensory

wholes and the dynamic nature of visual perception.

Term gestalt means:

“Form” or “Configuration”

GESTALT PSYCHOLOGISTSMax Wertheimer(1880 – 1943)

Wolfgang Köhler(1887 - 1967 )

Kurt Koffka(1887 – 1941)

Kurt Lewin(1890 – 1947)

Certain Factors Impact on this perceptual process.

• Past experiences• Needs• Attitudes• and One’s Present

situation – can affect his

perception.

PRINCIPLES

PRAGNANZ

Law of ProximityElements that

are closer together will be perceived as a coherent object.

Law of SimilarityElements that

look similar will be perceived as part of the same form.

Law of Closure

occurs when an object is incomplete or a space is not completely enclosed.

Law of Continuation

occurs when the eye is compelled to move through one object and continue to another object.

Law of Pragnanz

Reality is organized or reduced to the simplest form possible.

Law of Figure/Ground

We pay attention and perceive things in the foreground first.

The important aspect of learning was not

reinforcement, but the coordination of thinking

to create new organizations. Kohler referred to this behavior as insight or discovery

learning.Creative thought

Gestalt laws

Good

learning

Thank you!