5.

05 Cognitive Learning
Directions: Complete the tasks below. Save this file to your computer. Copy and paste the
questions and answers to the student comments box in 5.05 and submit for grading.

Part 1:

From memory, draw a floor plan of your home on paper. Be sure to indicate where hallways,
rooms, door, windows, and large pieces of furniture occur. Label any pertinent information.
Pretend you are drawing this map for a person who has never been in your home before
and is walking through your house in complete darkness. This is your cognitive map that
you are going to lend to them to make it through without tripping and running into any
walls or furniture. Take a photo or scan of the floor plan, and upload this to the assignment.

Part 2:
Once you have finished your floor plan, walk through your home and compare your created
map with the actual layout of your home.
Part 3: Answer each question with a minimum of 2-3 sentences.
Was any room left out of the
floor plan? Why or why not?
Was there any large piece of
furniture left out of the floor
plan? Why or why not?
Did you include all windows
and doors in your floor plan?
Why or why not?
Are there any rooms or specific
areas of your floor plan that are
more detailed than other
rooms/areas? Why or Why not?
Did you have any specific area
of the house that you had
difficulty remembering when
you were drawing? Why or why
not do you think that occurred?
Do you believe a stranger could
use your cognitive map to
navigate your home without
running into anything or
tripping? Explain.
Give one specific example from
your life where you use
cognitive maps.
Give one specific example from
your life where you have used
latent learning.
No room was left out of the floor plan. My home is fairly
small, as it is an apartment and the fact that I’ve lived
here since third grade make it easy for me to remember
my home’s layout.
I did leave out the dresser in my parent’s bedroom. I
know it’s there, but I guess I just forgot when I was
sketching the floorplan.
I did include all the windows and doors. I think this
also due to just me living here for a while and it’s not
that big of a home to “memorize.”
I feel like my room is the most accurate out of all the
rooms. I included bookshelves here as “large pieces of
furniture,” but I guess I interpreted that term as
“important or useful pieces of furniture,” the only
bookshelves I use in my home are in my room.
I had trouble remembering my parents bedroom and
bathroom as I am not in there often. I le I went there
more often I feel like I would remember things easier.
No. I didn’t include some side tables and bookshelves
and things aren’t accurate in size. I would run into
things if given this map.
In a corn maze I had to use a cognitive maps. I didn’t
have a physical map so I had to think of where I’ve been
and what went where.
In school, I show I have learned the material on a test.
This didn’t mean I didn’t know this material earlier it’s
just I didn’t show it until then.