Isicabango

Isicabango siyisu eliwumkhanyango elisebenza njengesisekelo sezimiso, imicabango nezinkolelo eziqine kakhulu . Izicabango zineqhaza elibalulekile kuzo zonke izici zokulumuka . Chapter 1 of Laurence and Margolis' book called Concepts: Core Readings.  Carey, S. (1991). Knowledge Acquisition: Enrichment or Conceptual Change? In S. Carey and R. Gelman (Eds.), The Epigenesis of Mind: Essays on Biology and Cognition (pp. 257–291). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Ngakho-ke, izicabango zifundwa njengengxenye yoqeqesho olufana ezezilimi, umchazangqondo, nenjulalwazi, futhi lezi zinhlobo zoqeqesho zinentshisekelo ngohlaka lwezicabango oluhluzekile nolu nolo mchazangqondo, nokuthi zihlanganiswa kanjani ukuze zakhe imicabango nemisho. Ucwaningo lwezicabango lusebenze njengophawu olubalulekile lwendlela entsha exubuqeqesho yezinhlaka, Inzululwazi yomqondo. 

Kwinjulalwazi yesimanje, kunezindlela ezintathu zokuqonda isicabango eziseqhulwini: 

 izethulo zengqondo, ngendlela eyenza isicabango sibe umenzo osengqondweni (into yengqondo)
 amakhono akhethekile ezimweni zomqondo(izimo zengqondo)
Umuzwa womqondo, Izinto eziwukhanyango esikhundleni sento engokomqondo noma isimo somqondo.
Izicabango zijinjwa ngokoqhiwu, izigaba eziphakeme zibizwa ngokuthi "izima ngenhla" bese izigaba ezingezansi zona zibizwa "izima phansi". Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona nesigaba esiyisiseko noma esiphakathi okuyisona abantu abasibiza ngokuthi isicabango.  Ngokwesibonelo, isicabango esiyisiseko esifana nesihlalo, sinesina ngenhla esiyifenisha, nesima phansi okuyisikaki nje.

Izicabango kungaba ezicacile noma ezingacacile. Lapho umqondo uvamisa jikelele Izinto ezifana nesicabango semuthi, usebenzisa ukufana okukhona kwezibonelo ezimbalwa; ukwenza kalula kuletha ukucabanga kwesigaba esiphakeme.

Izicabango zifundwa njengezigcoyi zomqondo woluntu oqeqeshweni lwenzululwazi yengqondo olufana nezezilimi, ezomchazangqondo, kanye nenjulalwazi, lapho khona kunempikiswano eqhubekayo ebuza ukuthi ingabe konke ukuqonda kufanele kwenzeke ngezicabango. Izicabango zivame ukuhlelwa kahle kwezomchazazibalo, kwinzululwazi yesicikizi, kwizizindamininingo nakuhlakahlisombulu. Izibonelo zezigaba eziphezulu ezikhethekile zezicabango kulemikhakha ebaliwe zihlanganisa izigaba, izisongozo neminxa.

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