Cognitive factor

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Dear teachers, What's the cognitive factor mean? I have no idea of it. would u please give me a definition or give me some websites?Thank you ^_^

Avangi · Accepted Answer

A good old Latin word - Cogito, ergo sum. (I think, therefore I am.) The thinking factor. It's something like the CPU factor in your computer. What good are a lot of programs and a lot of memory without the processor?

If you had more context, it would help.

Optilang · Answer

Hi
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/COGNITIVEFACTOR

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cognitive+factor

Hope that helps

Avangi · Answer

optilang Hi

http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/COGNITIVEFACTOR

Hope that helps
Noun 1. cognitive factor - something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

Hi, Optilang. What the heck does that mean, anyway? I can't make heads nor tails out of it.

Like, I'm broke, so I sell my car. "I'm broke" is a cognitive factor? (Maybe that's too material) I'm insane so I kill my psychiatrist.

They don't give an example. The moon influences earthquakes. The moon is a cognitive factor.

Best regards, - A.

Clive · Answer

Hi,
It's a term that is a bit hard to grasp. If someone used it with me in casual conversation, I'd have to ask 'What do you mean by that?' or 'What's your definition of that?"

I can't imagine that you'd need to use it very often at all in daily life. In what context did you find this term, Lindsay?

Best wishes, Clive

Avangi · Answer

CliveIt's a term that is a bit hard to grasp.

Hi Clive. You must be right. I don't see a crowd clamouring for a chance to jump in here. - A.

MrPedantic · Answer

If "cognition" is, broadly, the use of knowledge, then perhaps the "cognitive factor" in X is the influence of the use of knowledge in X.

For instance, if I see a wasp and immediately cover the sugar bowl, the cognitive factor in my response is my use of my knowledge of a wasp's attraction to sweet things.

(I think.)

MrP

Avangi · Answer

MrPedantic my use of my knowledge of a wasp's attraction to sweet things.

So I take it the "factor" here is the result of a cognitive process, which operates on both my stored knowledge and my perception of the current situation.

In discussing the event in which you covered up the sugar bowl, we may say there were various factors at play. And we may ask, "How did the cognitive factor (as one of them) influence this event?" Or, more accurately, since the influence is the factor (without influence it would not be a factor), "How did my cognitive process influence the event?"

A different person (or a different computer) could have produced a different result. (1) Person B may not have known about wasps, (2) may have had bad eyesight and not seen both the wasp and the sugar in time to act, (3) may have been dull-witted, and unable to put two and two together, (4) may have concluded it was more expedient to kill the wasp.

Other factors include: the availability of (5) something with which to cover the sugar bowl, (6) something with which to kill the wasp.

I should think only (3) and (4) could be said to contribute to the cognitive factor. That is, a person may posses highly developed cognitive powers, but lack knowledge, and/or perception, in the physical sense. "Garbage in - garbage out," as they say. The greatest processor can't turn bad information into good results. But I may well have this part of the "cognitive factor" concept wrong.

Many thanks to MrP for his explanation. I hope I have it right, but am sort of stumbling around here.

- A.

Chineselindsay · Answer

CliveHi,

I can't imagine that you'd need to use it very often at all in daily life. In what context did you find this term, Lindsay?

In fact I need to write a paper about cognitive factor in English learning. But I'm not sure what is congnitive factor really mean. It is hard to give a definition. So I turned to you, my teachers. Do you know any resorses or references about it?

Thank you very much and Merry Christmas to you ^_^
Lindsay

Optilang · Answer

Hi Lindsay
May I suggest searching google
'cognitive factor in learning english'
You may find some helpful material there.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas

Avangi · Answer

Chineselindsay a paper about cognitive factor in English learning

Hi,
Since "learning" is a personal process, I wonder if we're simply talking about "intelligence." Different people learn in different ways. Teachers know that different students respond favorably to different approaches. Even an excellent student may find a certain aproach useless, where other students find that same approch extremely helpful.

Consider the case of a three-year-old learning his native language by imitation. The cognitive process here is certainly different than in the case of an adult learning English as a second language, where the "studying skills" the learner has acquired through the years are a major part of his cognitive process, and the "instinct" to imitate is somewhat suppressed.

Some adults pick up new languages very easily, seemingly with no effort. Others have to struggle desperately. Is this simply a matter of I.Q.? Not very likely, but I.Q. certainly plays a part.

I should think these questions would have a place in any discussion of "the cognitive factor in English learning."

- A.

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