Types of Knowledge

Like many of the other theories we have considered, the cognitive psychologists have described a number of domains or types of knowledge.

They believe knowledge may be general or it may be domain specific.

    1) General knowledge: information that is useful in many tasks and applies to many
        situations
    2) Domain specific knowledge: information that is useful in a particualr situation or applies to a
        specific topic



In addition, knowledge may be:

    Declarative- verbal information and facts. "Knowing that" something is a particular way is an
        example of declarative knwoledge.

    Procedural- knowing how something is; knowledge demonstrated when we perform a task.

    Conditional- knowing when and why to use declarative and procedural knowledge



 

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