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learning to cook. Tulving was most interested in the declarative learning (Cognitive Perspective).
There are two sections of declarative learning, the episodic and the semantic. The episodic is when a person knows something, but that knowledge has no time frame, and the person cannot remember when or where the information was learned. The episodic memory is dependent on the procedural memory. The semantic memory is the memory of meanings, understandings, concept-based knowledge (not related to experiences) (Ibid).

Semantic memory draws a relation between strings of symbols. Some of the memory states will be involved and others will not be used. An example of semantic memory is given with the following prepositions:

1. Dogs have fur.
2. Dogs have paws.
3. Cats have fur.
4. Cats have paws.
Or
1. Dogs have fur.
2. Dogs have paws.
3. Cats have fur.
(Cole, 1990)

The cognitive perspective remains an integral part of the study of psychology in the modern day. Through the findings of the various cognitive theorists discussed in the paper, we have learned more about the brain and the way that people think, specifically the wide range of aspects related to memory. Theorists such as Piaget, Seligman, Miller, and Tulving have all contributed to the puzzle pieces which make up the picture of modern day cognitive psychology. Perhaps in the future years, theorists may build upon the theorists of the past and therefore enhance the knowledge already discovered. As Piaget said, "Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process" (Jean Piaget quotes, 2007) and we shall wait to see where that process brings us.

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