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Question

1. Did your peer clearly explain why it is important to understand the difference between how we learn and how we learn effectively?

2. Does your peer's posting share similar or different past knowledge than you have?

3. How can what they discuss help you to better understand the content in this course?

4. Share resources that you may have personally discovered that could help your peer to understand the content at a more developed level.

From my current studies and previous psychology courses that I've taken. Once can notice the blurry lines where theories tend to meld together and show similarities. Heick (2019) alludes to the difficulty of accommodation vs assimilation. Bottleneck into a specific learning theory out of the four provided is presented as a forced assimilation into a particular method that stove pipes itself into specific techniques. Accommodation would incorporate developing and molding pre-existing schema of learning into something we can appropriately utilize for the best possible outcome.

Out of this week's reading, I focused on both cognitivism and constructivism. At a glance, these theories appear very similar. Cognitivism relies on stimulus (and thought) to eventually develop a response (Rosser-Majors,2017. i.3 Cognitivism, Figure i.4). Constructivism has a looping diagram that demonstrates stimulus which goes to the organism and then causes stimulus all within a loop. (Rosser-Majors,2017. i.4 Constructivism, Figure i.5).

Both of these frameworks, although similar, still have fundamental differences that affect how people learn. Applying those fundamentals and being aware of how people process information is essential to pass on old knowledge and build a foundation that future learners or societies can build on instead of regressing.

The statement "we each have preferred methods of learning" is easily explained by saying that everyone has their unique grasp and developed flavor of how they like to receive information. Learning can occur regardless of the method if new information is being presented. Whether or not the method being used is the most effective may then be put to question. Having a better gauge of critical understanding supports learners by allowing them to adapt to specific teaching styles and instructors or facilitators to also adapt and present information in a way that can be digested better by the individual. A lot of the framework of life revolves around a push-pull methodology of learning where learning can occur from both ends.

A better understanding of these methods and techniques could affect our career success by helping us advance and improve organizations by building up individuals. Societies are built up by the individuals that create them. Within these societies we have cultures that spring up that also affect how learning occurs. People with lower socioeconomic statuses will naturally have less access to resources and teaching techniques will have to be altered to maximize results while working with less. Those individuals being put at a deficit with resources means that time should then be maximized and optimized to yield the best results.

Comparing cognitive and constructivism, it appears that constructivism depends on transitional learning through stages of life and experiences. It also requires the community to come together and learning to occur from the collective vs a lecturer causing a scaffolding effect (Mcleod, 2023). This framework is highly restrictive towards those who may be limited due to their cultures or socioeconomic statuses. Applying cognitive learning techniques and learning what thoughts create what stimulus may be appropriate for some. One must be able to adapt and see what is applicable for a given situation because anything with a "one-size fits all sticker" tends not always to be the best fit for some.