“When speaking of a "body of knowledge" or of "the results of research," e.g., we tacitly assign the same cognitive status to inherited knowledge and to independently acquired knowledge. To counteract this tendency a special effort is required to transform inherited knowledge into genuine knowledge by revitalizing its original discovery, and to discriminate between the genuine and the spurious elements of what claims to be inherited knowledge.” BodyResultsEffortSpecialElementsResearchDiscoveryClaimsOriginalsGenuineTendenciesCognitive Book:What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies Source: What is Political Philosophy? And Other Studies
“The cybernetics phase of cognitive science produced an amazing array of concrete results, in addition to its long-term (often underground) influence” LongTermResultsInfluenceLong TermConcretePhasesCognitiveCognitive ScienceCybernetics Book:The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience Source: The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience
“In social cognitive theory, perceived self-efficacy results from diverse sources of information conveyed vicariously and through social evaluation, as well as through direct experience” WellsSelfSocialResultsInformationTheorySourceDirectDiverseCognitiveEvaluationEfficacySelf EfficacyPerceived Self Author:Albert Bandura