Way We Learn

The Way We Learn John M. Meadors Jr

Colorado Technical University May 28, 2010

In this document we will discover the process of the human brain, to learn and what makes it all come together. First lets define, what learning is it’s a, “a relatively permanent change in behavior, that occurs through experience, “according to Santrock, 2005, pg195. There has been lots of study on the subject, of learning, as we the
Like the human the smaller animal or lower animals such as rabbits and rats, must learn to survive in their own environment, like we as humans, must also learn to survive in ours, Santrock, 2005. Because of the extensive amount of study and research in the study of lower animals and of human beings, for a century has sugguested,that the principles, produced by the research of small animals, initially also applied to human beings as well, Santrock,2005. There are two learning styles, they are observational learning and associative learning; observational learning, takes place where; an organism learn by watching, what another organism does. Associative learning takes place when there is a connection or association is made between two events, Santrock, 2005. Here is an example, of how people learn best. Using an observational learning style. There once was a television, program, that aired on