TYPES OF

KNOWLEDGE
 Various
types of knowledge are received
and processed through senses.
KNOWLEDGE
 Knowledge should be integrated between
old and new facts to maintain equilibrium.
 TYPES OF KNOEWLEDGE
EPISODIC KNOWLEGE
 Refers to our biological memory
reflecting not only what
happened, but also where and
when it happened.
 It means that the memories of
our childhood days, our first day
in school or cellphone number
of our loved ones are all
example of episodic knowledge.
SEMANTIC KNOWLEDGE
 In contrast to episodic
knowledge, deals with memories
and information that are not tied
to our personal biographies.
 The organized knowledge about
facts, concepts and
generalizations including their
associations form part of our
semantic knowledge
 TYPES OF SEMANTIC
KNOWLEDGE

Deals with the

Conditional knowledge
statement of truth, it Is the knowledge about
account for knowing
also deals with what we how things to be done.
when.
know about the world.
DECLARATIVE KNOWLEDGE IS
ORGANIZED
ACCORDING TO LEVEL

DESCRIPTION PROCESS EPISODES PRINCIPLES

LEGITIMATE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE

 Knowledge that is true and legitimate can be

used meaningfully and can work for our most
honest human endeavors.

 Dealing with its legitimate power equates with

understanding its process.
LEGITIMATE POWER OF KNOWLEDGE

 RATIONAL-based on facts or reason and not on

emotions or feelings
having the ability to reason or think about
things clearly
 EMPIRICAL- based on testing or experience
 PRAGMATIC- dealing with the problems that exist
in a specific situation in a reasonable and logical
way instead of depending on ideas and theories
 FACTS-SPECIFICT BITS OF
INFORMATION THAT
RELATE TO SPECIFIC
EVENT, PERSON, OBSJECT,
DATA- are things OR SITUATION
gathered through INFORMATION-
process of research definite knowledge

IDEAS- Maybe
suggestions, impression WISDOM- Gained through
or opinion. experience

CONCEPS- basic units

of thinking.
 Three different structures of concept:
PROPERTIES

(common qualities that all concepts share in common)

SIGNS REFERENTS

(words or symbol name concept) (examples of concept)

TYPES OF CATEGORIES

 NATURAL categories are natural grouping

occurred in a natural setting
 ARTIFACT categories are man-made categories
 NOMINAL categories are arbitrary. They are labels
assigned to situations or things that is pre-
specified.
QUALITIES OF KNOWLEDGE
 GENERIC
 ABSTRACT
 INFORMAL
 ELABORATE
 STRUCTURED
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION TECHNIQUES

 PROTOCOL GENERATION involves different means of information through

interviews and observations
 PROTOCOL ANALYSIS involves scrutiny of interview results or other documents
to identify different kinds of information.
 GRID-CONSTRUCTION deals with the formulation of reference lines on maps or
repertory frames used to provide, classify, analyze, and
itemize various conceptual properties
 SORTING OUT includes putting together things that have the same attributes
so that we can organize and disentangle something.
 DIAGRAM-BASED involves provision, application, and processing of concepts to
indicate statistical trends or mathematical information.