Cognitivism came to prominence in the 1950s as a response to behaviourism. Cognitivist theories refer to the mind like a computer, and focus on how information is received, organised for storage and retrieved. Therefore, learning is also seen in this manner.
There are two main areas of focus for Love your Hippo and they are Learning and memory.
Learning and memory are closely related concepts. Learning is the acquisition of skill or knowledge, while memory is the expression of what you have acquired.
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‘Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow’,
Plato. From the dialogue titled Sophist. The Fowler translation gives a variation.