Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: Competence is the ability to engage the thoughts, actions, and motivation necessary to accomplish goals. Cognitive competence refers to the internal structure of information and internal processes for transforming this information that underlie displays of competence. Contemporary ideas from cognitive science are employed to develop a general model of cognitive competence. Counselling is defined as a prescriptive, instructional activity concerned with assisting clients to acquire levels of cognitive competence that will allow them to achieve their goals. The instructional counselling approach developed by Martin and Hiebert (1982, in press) is used to demonstrate how counselling can impact various elements comprising the cognitive competence of clients in relation to their concerns and problems. La compétence est la capacité de mobiliser les pensées, les actions et la motiva-tion nécessaires pour réaliser les objectifs. La compétence cognitive réfère à la struc-ture interne d'information de même qu'aux processus internes sous-jacents à la mise en oeuvre de cette compétence. Le modèle général de compétence cognitive présenté
Author: Jack Martin
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1957092383