By Akan Patrick
Everyday , we are constantly presented with the opportunity to learn new things.
Sometimes, we learn by making conscious effort to acquire knowledge, and other
times we learn by instinct, or unconsciously.
Because knowledge is vital to
human existence, it is important that we
acquire adequate knowledge and
understanding of our environment and the
people around us in order to have a successful social relationship. The amount of knowledge we possess about our world, life, and our environment , determines the
quality of relationship we have. In
order to benefit from knowledge, it needs to be subjected to critical assessment
and evaluation .when we
constantly make practical use of whatever we have learnt, we will eventually become better persons. The major impact learning
makes is that it changes peoples
behavior. Memory plays a key role in the learning process. It is the storage
of acquired knowledge.
How the brain stores knowledge, where it
is stored, and how it is retrieved when needed has constantly been the
subject of intense research by
psychologist. Learning takes place in
different forms, which include single stimulus,
involving perception of the
senses, classical conditioning, which is the association of two stimuli that
occur in sequence , and operant conditioning, which is forming an association
between behavior, and consequences.
Another simple, and useful form of learning is habituation. Habituation which occurs
in almost all organisms, helps us
to ignore repetitive unimportant stimuli.
There is also a type of learning
called sensitization, which is the increase of an organisms responsiveness
to stimuli. In classical
conditioning , there is a transfer of reflective or autonomic response
from one stimulus to another. It is forming an association between to
items. For instance a person who has a friend with whom he shares
a common interest ,like playing the game of chess, will always develop the
desire to play chess with the person whenever they are together. Classical conditioning occurs when a person develops the desire for something
when he encounters another with which he
had formed an association. This association is formed between stimuli that occur closely together
in space and time.
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