Comprehension, Memory, and Cognitive Learning

Comprehension, Memory, and Cognitive Learning

1. Comprehension

   • interpretation or understanding
   • includes both cognitive and affective elements
   • Every message sends signals
     • Menssage
       • Message source. Simplicity–complexity
     • Receptor
       • Intelligence/ability. Expectations
     • Enviroment
       • Timing. Information intensity

2. Memory

   • It is the psychological process by which knowledge is recorded
   • Multiple Store Theory of Memory

3. Elaboration

   • the extent to which one continues processing a message even after he/she develops an initial understanding in the comprehension stage

4. Associative Network

   • It is a network of mental pathways linking knowledge within memory

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