Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
Which theory of learning has found that knowledge of internal processes is crucial for the understanding of learning?
ACognitive theory ✓ Correct
BStimulus-response theorists
COperant conditioning theorists
DClassical conditioning theorists
Correct answer: (A) Cognitive theory — The theory that stresses internal processes is cognitive theory, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The theory that stresses internal processes is cognitive theory, so that is the answer.
★Cognitive theory holds that learning depends on inner mental processes such as perception, thinking and memory.
★It sees the learner as an information processor who takes in, works on and stores knowledge in the mind.
★Stimulus-response and classical conditioning theorists study only outward behaviour, not inner processes.
★Operant conditioning also focuses on observable responses and reinforcement rather than mental activity.
★Since only cognitive theory makes internal processes central, the behaviourist views do not fit.
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