Children acquire abilities by mirroring, imitating and modeling, in that order. It is a progression from simple pattern matching, to acting thins out, to mental representations. It is a natural part of development.
Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt
As a child, Wundt was shy, awkward, and didn’t do well in school (including flunking a year of high school). Yet thanks in no small measure to Wundt’s efforts, psychology was transformed from a subsection of philosophy into its own independent science.
Distinctiveness
The African crowned crane illustrate secondary distinctiveness. It is secondary because we don’t use it as often as primary distinctiveness. Secondary only works one:myhe first time you see something. The second time you see an African crane is not as startling, not as distinctive.
Developmental Dave
Only 3 Things Can Be Learned
Although there are many individual items, there are only three things can be learned. Like 3 elephants, learning is extremely large but can be sorted into 3 categories: facts, concepts and behaviors.
5 Memory Principles
Here are five memory principles, plus one. After you read them, they may seem self-evident because that’s how memory works.
