After reading about the affects of learning I was very surprised on how people pick up on things that aren't specifically taught to them. Such as the example of pointing at an empty water glass and having the waiter automatically know that you are thirsty and are in need a refill. Another example that I thought was very interesting was the one that had to do with associating people to activity. When a little girl associated getting picked up in a red car to ice cream, or her uncle with basketball. Learning is the essence of the nurture side on the nature-nurture debate that surrounds human behavior. Another example of a study that deals with learning is Pavlov's Accidental Discovery. This study deals with generalization and discrimination. For this experiment meat is placed infant if a dog with another object and the amount of salvation is collected. This is very interesting because when the dimension of the object changed the dog didn't produce any salvation. He associated the size of the first circle with the meat, just like the little girl associated the red car with ice cream.
Hello everyone! I am Heidi Moser and I am a freshman here at Hardin Simmons University. I traveled all the way from Las Vegas, Nevada to attend school here in Abilene, Texas. Many of you might be wondering why I chose this small town over Las Vegas. I am here because Coach Bart Craig called me and told me about the amazing opportunities that this town has to offer. I couldn't pass up his this opportunity so I decided to pack my bags and come play golf for him at HSU. I had to leave a lot back home to be able to come here but so far I think that it was worth it. Back home I lived with my parents and my little brother. My brother is 15 years old, and is currently a freshman in high school. Most of my family is from a small town in Nebraska called Grand Island, however i have one pair of grandparents that live in Las Vegas with us. We have two puppy Yorkie Terriers named Bogey and Ace (these are golf terms that are complete opposites just like their personalities). It has b...
Heidi, reading your blog post was very fun and interesting for this week's assignment. Like you, I was very impressed with how quickly we can all pick up on different learning skills, and how quickly we can start putting them into action in our everyday lives. I really enjoyed how you used so many different examples in your blog posts, it was very nicely done.
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