Cognitivism
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Cognitivism is a psychological and educational theory that explains learning and behavior in terms of internal mental processes such as thinking, memory, and problem-solving.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cognitivism canonical | 1 |
| cognitive psychology | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5147570 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cognitivism Context triple: [Behaviorism, contrastsWith, Cognitivism]
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A.
constructivism (psychology)
Constructivism in psychology is a theory of learning and cognition that holds individuals actively construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences rather than passively absorbing information.
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B.
Constructivism
Constructivism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement that emphasized abstraction, modern materials, and functional, socially oriented design.
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C.
Unified Theories of Cognition
Unified Theories of Cognition is a comprehensive cognitive science framework proposed by Allen Newell that seeks to explain diverse mental processes—such as problem solving, memory, and learning—within a single, unified theoretical architecture.
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D.
cognitive science
Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the mind and intelligence by integrating approaches from psychology, neuroscience, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and related disciplines.
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E.
Gestalt psychology
Gestalt psychology is a school of thought in psychology that emphasizes understanding mental processes and perception as organized, structured wholes rather than as the sum of their parts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cognitivism Target entity description: Cognitivism is a psychological and educational theory that explains learning and behavior in terms of internal mental processes such as thinking, memory, and problem-solving.
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A.
constructivism (psychology)
Constructivism in psychology is a theory of learning and cognition that holds individuals actively construct knowledge and meaning from their experiences rather than passively absorbing information.
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B.
Constructivism
Constructivism is an early 20th-century avant-garde art and architectural movement that emphasized abstraction, modern materials, and functional, socially oriented design.
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C.
Unified Theories of Cognition
Unified Theories of Cognition is a comprehensive cognitive science framework proposed by Allen Newell that seeks to explain diverse mental processes—such as problem solving, memory, and learning—within a single, unified theoretical architecture.
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D.
cognitive science
Cognitive science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the mind and intelligence by integrating approaches from psychology, neuroscience, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, and related disciplines.
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E.
Gestalt psychology
Gestalt psychology is a school of thought in psychology that emphasizes understanding mental processes and perception as organized, structured wholes rather than as the sum of their parts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational theory
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learning theory ⓘ psychological theory ⓘ |
| addresses |
how information is encoded
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how information is retrieved ⓘ how information is stored ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
classroom teaching
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educational technology ⓘ instructional design ⓘ |
| assumes |
knowledge can be represented symbolically
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learning depends on prior knowledge ⓘ mind as information processor ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | behaviorism ⓘ |
| developedInContextOf | cognitive revolution ⓘ |
| developedInOppositionTo | behaviorism ⓘ |
| emergedIn |
1950s
ⓘ
1960s ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
active learner
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information encoding ⓘ information retrieval ⓘ information storage ⓘ mental structures ⓘ schema formation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
attention
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information processing ⓘ internal mental processes ⓘ memory ⓘ mental representations ⓘ perception ⓘ problem solving ⓘ thinking ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
George A. Miller
NERFINISHED
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Jean Piaget NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerome Bruner NERFINISHED ⓘ Noam Chomsky NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulric Neisser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
cognitive psychology
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constructivism ⓘ information processing theory ⓘ |
| supportsUseOf |
advance organizers
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chunking information ⓘ metacognitive strategies ⓘ scaffolding ⓘ |
| usedIn |
assessment of learning
ⓘ
curriculum design ⓘ |
| viewsBehaviorAs | expression of internal cognition ⓘ |
| viewsLearningAs |
acquisition of knowledge
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change in mental structures ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cognitivism Description of subject: Cognitivism is a psychological and educational theory that explains learning and behavior in terms of internal mental processes such as thinking, memory, and problem-solving.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Behaviorism
this entity surface form:
cognitive psychology