Children’s brains are like sponges, that is the common saying that gets passed around. Used as example for retaining knowledge and ‘soaking’ it up as the children pass through life, but I would use something different. I would say children’s brains are like a crisp white shirt that goes through the day collecting stains most of which will not come out. A sponge implies that knowledge can be learned (soaked up) and unlearned (rung out) easily. In actuality things that children learn at a young age hold with them much like a stain on a shirt, a wash may get it to fade, but there will remain a faint reminisce of the stain. There have been many theories of child development some talk about stage in terms of age and some talk about stages in term
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It appeared that Eric say ‘trick-or-treat’ was just him imitating other children. Imitation is an important development mile stone and is typically developed by 12 months (Watson et al:2003). In order for children to learn there has to exist some capacity to imitate either peer or other adults. Eric picked up what he needed to do from other children but, he did not interact with them and it was interesting because when other children were handing out candy he did not say ‘trick-or-treat’, he just stayed quiet. This could be related to the heteronomous stage of morality since other children are not figures of authority. At age 4 Eric fall into the first stage or Piaget’s stages of moral developments. The first stage is where children think about morality in a heteronomous way, in that he follows the rules and does not question them. While he was not directly told to say ‘trick-or-treat’ it could be assumed that since the people giving candy were mostly adults and figures of authority. If simply imitating I would be assumed that Eric would have also said ‘trick-or-treat’ to the other children. Children do not just learn what they are told, they are motivated and curious according to Jean Piaget. They learn experiences and how to act in situations that they can use in other social experiences throughout their lives. This use of learned skills and experiences is known as …show more content…
This is an example of transference learning. Where Eric learned earlier in life that he should say ‘thank you’ after someone would give him something. With this prior knowledge he was able to transfer that learned knowledge and apply it to this new situation even though he had never need in the situation before and he did not have to be told to do it. Transfer is “the ability to extract concepts, strategies, and other relevant information from one context and apply them to another (more or less related) context” (lecture, Oct. 10, 2016). There are a few different types of transfers that occur in education, three employed in this scenario which are near, positive, and lateral transfer. In short the information is useful in one situation and also in another while it is similar to the first situation and does not require an order of operation to use it in another situation (Lecture, Oct.10, 2016). Eric saying thank you shows how authority from other adults that told him to say “thank you” transferred to another useful situation when he was receiving candy from other adults he employed it and when receiving candy from other children he did
It appeared that Eric say ‘trick-or-treat’ was just him imitating other children. Imitation is an important development mile stone and is typically developed by 12 months (Watson et al:2003). In order for children to learn there has to exist some capacity to imitate either peer or other adults. Eric picked up what he needed to do from other children but, he did not interact with them and it was interesting because when other children were handing out candy he did not say ‘trick-or-treat’, he just stayed quiet. This could be related to the heteronomous stage of morality since other children are not figures of authority. At age 4 Eric fall into the first stage or Piaget’s stages of moral developments. The first stage is where children think about morality in a heteronomous way, in that he follows the rules and does not question them. While he was not directly told to say ‘trick-or-treat’ it could be assumed that since the people giving candy were mostly adults and figures of authority. If simply imitating I would be assumed that Eric would have also said ‘trick-or-treat’ to the other children. Children do not just learn what they are told, they are motivated and curious according to Jean Piaget. They learn experiences and how to act in situations that they can use in other social experiences throughout their lives. This use of learned skills and experiences is known as …show more content…
This is an example of transference learning. Where Eric learned earlier in life that he should say ‘thank you’ after someone would give him something. With this prior knowledge he was able to transfer that learned knowledge and apply it to this new situation even though he had never need in the situation before and he did not have to be told to do it. Transfer is “the ability to extract concepts, strategies, and other relevant information from one context and apply them to another (more or less related) context” (lecture, Oct. 10, 2016). There are a few different types of transfers that occur in education, three employed in this scenario which are near, positive, and lateral transfer. In short the information is useful in one situation and also in another while it is similar to the first situation and does not require an order of operation to use it in another situation (Lecture, Oct.10, 2016). Eric saying thank you shows how authority from other adults that told him to say “thank you” transferred to another useful situation when he was receiving candy from other adults he employed it and when receiving candy from other children he did