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The article falls into two main parts. In the first
part cognitive psychology is discussed with emphasis
on its theoretical aspects. In the second part the
application of the cognitive point of view to LIS is
subjected to a critical analysis.
Cognitive psychology - or information process
psychology - is considered to represent a step
forward in the development of psychological
theories(especially compared to behaviourism)
because it deals with human mental (cognitive)
processes, for instance during reading and information
retrieval. On the other hand, the cognitive
theory is critized for isolating and formalizing the
mental processesa and for generalizing scientific
results with limited validity. Or to put it in another
way: cognitive psychology is able to produce
valuable practical results in certain fields, but the
theory is not considered to be satisfactory as far as
the understandinga and explation of human (conceptual)
thinking is concerned. To a great extent cognitive psychology ignores the historically and sociologically determined dimensions of cognition.
The second part of the article is partly a critique of
the way in which cognitive theory is applied to
LIS, partly a discussion of the practical results of
using the cognitive point of view in international and Danish LIS.
Concerning the application of cognitive theory to
LIS the author finds that the theoreticacl onsiderations
have been too weak. As for the practical results the conclusion is, that cognitive theory (or a cognitive point of view) has not been a condition of the claimed results.
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