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estructuras mentales preestablecidas

English translation: pre-established mental constructs

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Spanish term or phrase:estructuras mentales preestablecidas
English translation:pre-established mental constructs
Entered by: Silvina Morelli

19:37 Jun 21, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: estructuras mentales preestablecidas
cada uno construye lo que percibe a partir de estructuras mentales. Thanks!!
Silvina Morelli
pre-established mental constructs
Explanation:
rather than structures....cuidado con mental structures en ingles...mas bien se trata de mental constructs
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4pre-established mental structures
Henry Hinds
4 +3pre-existing mental structures
ggrozoma
5 +1pre-established mental constructs
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
4stored mental representations
translatol


  

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0 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
pre-established mental structures


Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 00:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 69

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BAmary (X): yes!
0 min
  -> Gracias, BAMary.
agree  Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
15 mins
  -> Gracias, Patricia.
agree  Ltemes
23 mins
  -> Gracias, Ltemes.
agree  MercedesP
27 mins
  -> Gracias, Mercedes.
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stored mental representations


Explanation:
"Our memory has stored mental representations of
experiences." - see web reference


    library.thinkquest.org/ 26618/en-5.1.1=mental%20imagery.htm
translatol
Local time: 07:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pre-existing mental structures


Explanation:
http://www.nd.edu/~alfac/narvaez/Cognitive Sciencehandout.pd...
everything perceived is interpreted by pre-existing mental structures (Hogarth, 2001, Wenger & Wheatley, 1999).

http://www.ao.uiuc.edu/ijet/v2n1/schoenfeld-tacher/Interacti... with the content allow each learner to construct their own knowledge by integrating new information into their pre-existing mental structures.

ggrozoma
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ltemes
34 mins
agree  translatol: A good alternative to my suggestion.
1 hr
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): pre-existing is better
6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pre-established mental constructs


Explanation:
rather than structures....cuidado con mental structures en ingles...mas bien se trata de mental constructs

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ggrozoma
11 hrs
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