The cognitive domain includes:
a. changes in attitudes and the development of values.
b. the performance of skills.
c. memory, recognition, understanding, rea-soning, and problem solving.
d. memorization of one set of skills before moving on to the next.
ANS: C
The cognitive domain includes memory, recognition, understanding, reasoning, and problem solving. The affective domain includes changes in attitudes and the development of values. The psychomotor domain includes the performance of skills that require some degree of neuromuscu-lar coordination and emphasizes motor skills. Memorization of skills is only one part of the cogni-tive domain.
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