Human behavior psychology is a very complex topic, no matter how you try to discuss it or even attempt an explanation of how and why we function the way we do! There are about sixteen distinct personality types, which defines our personality. And somewhere mixed into all of this information they can tell us if we are either a extroverted or introverted type of person. A personality test can be done at http://www.keirsey.com/
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Saturday, 16 July 2011
CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNING!
Most people have a very definite ideas of what they want to do and achiev
There are a number of factors in combination that affect the way in which an individual learns new information.
Major factors contributing to your learning style include:
- Sensory Modalities: Auditory, Visually, and Kinesthetic
- Reasoning Types: deductive, inductive
- Learning Environment: interpersonal (working with others), interpersonal (working alone)
Sensory Modalities
The Senses:
Auditory-Listening:
Prefer verbal instructions to written ones.
Is comfortable using spoken reinforcement mentally as well as aloud?
Visually-Seeing:
Reading-Visualizing
Does well with reading comprehension?
Prefers maps to verbal directions.
Kinesthetic-Moving:
Touching - hands-on
Writing things down clarifies thoughts.
Likes to draw pictures.
Enjoys working with hands-likes lab classes.
Reasoning Type:
Deductive reasoning:
Studies premise first, then draw conclusions.
Sees big picture first, then looks for details.
Inductive reasoning:
Likes to see examples first when learning new information before developing an overview.
Prefers to learn game rules as it is played, not beforehand.
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