McKinlay's Cognitive Model

McKinlay's Cognitive Model highlights how people acquire, organize, and retrieve general knowledge. It suggests that our understanding of the world is built through experiences, where we form mental representations of information. These representations are interconnected, allowing us to relate new information to what we already know. The model emphasizes the role of memory in learning, showing that recalling knowledge involves accessing these networks of relationships. Essentially, it explains how our brains store information like a web, enabling us to make sense of and navigate the vast amounts of knowledge we encounter in everyday life.