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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.
The two theories that I was not aware of are Behaviorism and Humanism Theories. After reading the material, I now understand that there are different variables, reasons why people learn the way that they do. Behaviorism is the intention that learning can be taught and is synchronized with psychological needs (Rosser-Majors, 2017). Humanism suggests that individuals act and learn through intended behaviors, their behaviors are impacted by their values (Rosser- Majors 2017). According to assimilation vs accommodation of knowledge article "assimilation of knowledge occurs when a learner encounters a new idea and must 'fit' that idea into what they already know and accommodation of knowledge is more significant, requiring the learner to reshape those schemas".
Why is it important to clearly understand the process for acquiring knowledge and then the variables that support effectively processing this knowledge? The reason is because of the laws of learning and different theories requires different knowledgably views to help people understand.
Why would it be more accurate to state that "we each have preferred methods of learning" rather than "we all learn differently"? The reason we have preferred methods of learning is because there's a such thing as positive and negative instructed learned behaviors. Some people behaviorisms learn through constructed training and behaviorists is a learning that's observant.
Why does a more critical understanding potentially support a learner? According to Rossler,Majors (2017), Behaviorism is a theory whereas learning can be developed through use of rewards and punishments and a behaviorist suggest individuals can be trained to learn a behavior.
How could this understanding affect our success in a career? I believe it will have an affect on one's career such as being aware of how one learns for example, I am an observer hands on learner. I feel like reading doesn't help me learn but if a person teaches me, I utilize my stimuli I am able to apply from my stimulated memory bank.
How might culture (socio-economic, social circle, etc.) affect one's ability to accommodate or assimilate an expanded knowledge about learning? Humanism can potentially affect one's ability due to assimilate an expanded knowledge of learning because it holds value on a person's motivation, self-awareness and goal setting.