Why some of the most important learning you do does not always involve 'new' information
Much of the study of education and psychology revolves around learning. How we obtain and encode, and then retrieve and implement information is vital to both fields. In my studies in both areas, one of the theories that had stuck out to me the most was Bandura's social learning theory which is essentially the idea of 'monkey see-monkey do'. People learn by observing and imitating others ie. my daughter cleans up her mess because she sees me clean up my mess . Classical conditioning is another example of a learning theory that illustrates that learning is associative and often automatic or subconscious ie. my daughter associates cleaning up her mess with getting a treat so she cleans up her mess . I'll mention one more learning theory and then we can move on from here I promise. Cognitivism is the idea that humans are more rational. That there is more to our behaviour than just copying others or being programmed by rewards. The idea is that our brains are more like c...