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Title:
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COGNITIVE DESTRUCTIONS AS A CHALLENGE FOR LEARNING IN THE POST-LITERACY EPOCH |
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Author(s):
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Marina Yurtaeva, Natalia Glukhanyuk, Tatiana Rasskazova and Anna Muzafarova |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-81-4 |
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Editors:
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Demetrios G. Sampson, Dirk Ifenthaler and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2018 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Cognitive Resources, Life-Long Learning, Rigidity/Flexibility of Cognitive Control, Field-Dependence/ Field-Independence, Cognitive Destructions |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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317 |
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Last Page:
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320 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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The article is devoted to the issue of learning from the cognitive perspective. As life-long learning is an integral part of our modern life, the authors were attracted by the phenomenon when even young people demonstrate cognitive resistance to learning. This particular study is focused on cognitive destructions as challenges to learning and is based on the idea of non-linear nature of a cognitive style. Eighty subjects participated in the study with different types of psychological tests employed, including Stroop test, embedded figure test, tolerance of ambiguity, assumptive worlds, personality characteristics in decision making. The main findings are the following: cognitive degradations, which are based on different types of rigidity, which impedes not only the process of learning but also social behaviour of a person as well |
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