Cognitivism and human-machine interaction emerged from the pragmatic challenges of World War II¶
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q1 i? Cognitivism and studies of human-machine interaction arose from World War II problems of practice for which behaviorism was inadequate, and may have unfolded differently otherwise. → Philip 2020
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Philip 2020¶
Philip, T., & Sengupta, P. (2020). Theories of Learning as Theories of Society: A Contrapuntal Approach to Expanding Disciplinary Authenticity in Computing. Journal of the Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2020.1828089
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Historical argument citing Lachman et al. (1979) and Gardner (1985): the war "stimulated" the cognitive revolution through problems like fighter-plane control panels, radar decision making, and sonar monitoring. The authors attribute this account to those historians.
"These fields were born out of the pragmatic challenges and needs of World War II to address emergent problems of prac- tice for which behaviorism was inadequate (Lachman, Lachman, & Butterfield, 1979)."
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Cognitivism and human-machine interaction emerged from the pragmatic challenges of World War II |
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Cognitivism and human-machine interaction emerged from the pragmatic challenges of World War II |
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