Cognitive complexity scenario

Before presenting possible evolutionary scenarios however, let me explore further the idea of social complexity and its relation to the habit routine model of cognitive operation I have proposed earlier. I stated that the power of the habit routine cognitive system would have increased with the increasing complexity of animal species, and would have reached its summit in proto-man. The... 

Taxonomy-based HEI techniques use external error mode (EEM) taxonomies to identify potential errors within complex sociotechnical systems. Typically, EEMs are considered for each component step in a particular task or scenario to determine credible errors that may arise during human-machine interaction. Techniques such as the Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach (SHERPA) (Embrey, 1986), the Human Error Template (HET) (Stanton et al., 2006), the Technique for the Retrospective and Predictive Analysis of Cognitive Errors (TRACEr) (Shorrock and Kirwan, 2002), and the Cognitive Reliability and Error Analysis Method (CREAM) (Hollnagel, 1998) all use domain-specific EEM taxonomies. Taxonomic approaches to HEI are typically the most successful in terms of sensitivity and are also the least expensive, quickest, and easiest to use however,... 

The primary objective of an instructor is to facilitate learning. Without formal assessment, it is difficult if not impossible to confirm that learning has taken place. Course specific assessment tools can be developed to confirm that students can achieve at the lower levels of Bloom s Taxonomy of Cognitive Development (Bloom et al. 1984). For example, it is not complicated to design a valid and reliable assessment to determine if a student can define Kantianism or to identify the moral dilemmas in a scenario. However, to tmly assess a student s ability to reach the higher levels of cognitive development, such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, requires a more complex assessment of moral reasoning. 

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