In this essay‚ I will reflect upon two skills and identify how they have evolved through prior learning and current learning. Also‚ viewing past experiences from these skills to find further improvements that will aid future learning. The two skills that I will reflect upon are; communication and organisation & planning. The first key skill is organisation and planning. To achieve my short term and long term priorities I began by writing them down in a diary; with immediate goals at the top and
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In 1898‚ Edward Thorndike accentuated the strengths and weaknesses of stimulus-response connections with the introduction of the theory of learning. The premise of Thorndike’s research implied that rewards and punishment have distinct yet an equal impact on human behaviors. However‚ one of the more well-known learning theorists in modern times is B.F. Skinner‚ who shares comparable behavioral observation as Thorndike‚ in that behaviors are learned as a consequence of actions. Further testing of
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Social learning theory is defined as the way people learn through observing other’s behaviors‚ attitudes‚ and the outcomes that follow those behaviors. Social learning theory is a way to explain human behavior in terms of constant interaction between cognitive‚ behavioral‚ and environmental influences. In class‚ Professor Gleason related the social learning theory to how children learn appropriate or acceptable gender behavior. The three ways a child can learn the proper norms for his/her gender
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My adventure in learning to read began with my parents. When I was younger getting ready for bed was a treat‚ I would brush my deciduous teeth‚ put on my Spongebob pajama pants‚ and give my parents enough kisses to persuade them to read me a bedtime story. But the best part came when I was able to climb into my cushioned cotton covers and imagine handsome princes slaying dragons‚ evil witches cackling with delight‚ or what it would be like to hear an itsy bitsy spider climb up a water spout. It
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Research Methods Social Learning theory Social Learning Theory The Social Learning Theory states: by combining variables that can encourage delinquency‚ deviant behavior can be exhibited. When you break up social learning‚ social means the interaction of organisms or humans with other humans. Learning is when you can acquire new or existing knowledge‚ behaviors‚ skills‚ values‚ or preferences. In the Social Learning Theory‚ Ronald Akers and Robert Burgess use Edwin Sutherland’s “Differential
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behaviour = classical conditioning ( conditioned stimuli) & instrumental learning ( discriminative stimuli) Stimulus Control - Habit Learning Motivation = Why individuals initiate choose or persist in specific actions in specific circumstance Motivation is transient / temporary fluctuation of state ( learning is enduring ) and it is energizing Motivation vs Learning: Car analogy - motivation translates learning into action 4 Theories on Motivation: Instinct Theory How
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Learning 1.Nature lends a helping hand by providing animals with a set of built in inherited skills that functions at birth or shortly thereafter. * These skills are called reflexes. Some reflexes like sucking provide necessary biological supports. Other reflexes are ready made‚ swift and simple reactions to stimuli that pose a potential threat. * An example of a fixed action pattern would be salmon swimming up stream to spawn or birds seasonal migration. 2.Learning is a way that a
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they thought that if they mixed freely‚ we would not show respect to them properly. I feel this was a wrong notion. We respected all teachers. We had a good relation with them. I was a good boy at school. So all teachers loved me. They helped me in learning my lessons if I had any difficulty. I am proud to say that I had never been beaten or scolded by any teacher in my school life. I always behaved well. I always said my lessons well. So they had no occasion to beat or scold me. I had great respect
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Writing is a crucial skill that most people take for granted. Imagine life without writing. If we did not document our thoughts and ideas‚ there wouldn’t be ideas being passed down from generation-to-generation. Therefore‚ writing is crucial to man-kind. Without writing we wouldn’t have documents to refer to and learn from. Writing helps us as individuals to grow and understand our surroundings. As a child‚ I did not appreciate writing because I did not enjoy it. When I thought of the concept of
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The staff ride was literally an educational tool for me. Unlike the classroom instruction‚ the staff ride put me on a actual piece of terrain‚ were I was able to have a visual of the past operational situation; as an effective stimuli. I was not very familiar with the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and its consequences prior to the trip‚ therefore visiting the military national park gave me the opportunity to reflect on the past. The trip met its purpose of providing me with professional development
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