Pooja Bembey & Vikrant Rai
Cognitive Psychology
Explores
internal mental processes Studies how people perceive, remember, think, speak, and solve problems Areas in cognitive psychology:
Perception Categorization Memory Language Thinking
History
Associationism/ Behaviorism
Early Cognitive Psychology
Current Cognitive Psychology
Social Constructivism
Advances in CP and Learning Theory
Information Processing System
What do you see?
And now!
Again!
How we understand?
Preattentive and Attentive Processes
Serial and Parallel Processes
Spot the dot!
Odd one out!
How we process information?
Searching
Attention
Encoding
Rehearsal
Workingmemory operations
Chunking
Documentation Design
Learning strategies Language Color Multimedia Graphics
Learning Strategies
Learning by Example
Interactive Tutorials
Problem Solving
Discovery Learning
Design Matrix
To elaborate or not to elaborate
• Ensure documentation is as complete as possible • Assume little or no prior knowledge
Expounders
Minimalists
• Believe in doing things instead of reading • Encourage exploration by providing as little as possible
Language
Perception
Text Properties Visible Patterns Facilitate Recall Fonts Whitespace Structure
Cognition
Reduce Load
Color
Direct Attention
Create Affect
Delimit Shapes and Areas
Facilitate Identification
Clarify Complex Ideas
Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning
Multimedia
Multiple Representation Principle Contiguity Principle Split Attention Principle Individual Differences Principle Coherence Principle
Pictorial Information
Represent Realistic Images
Consider Audience Characteristics
Illustrate Conceptual Information
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