The Process of Learning from Experience

Learning allows us to complete everyday tasks like, speaking and walking as working through relationships. Throughout time, our brains pick up on how to complete tasks when it comes to being a human. This is because of the learning process that is occurring through experience. It is said that learning is easier when a human learns through experience which allows us to change our behaviors over time. The learning process is made up of three steps, habituation, sensitization and learning through others. These are the three steps that occur while learning through experience. Habitation is a decline in the response following a long exposure to a stimulus. Secondly, sensitization is an increase in response towards a copied exposure to a stimulus. Finally, learning through others is known as “observational conditioning” that allows us to understand what is and what isn’t appropriate to do. Humans learn best through experience because we remember through past situations, what the proper ways are to accomplish tasks.

It is stated that humans will learn more through experience compared to learning through an academic environment. With that being said, you will learn more through playing a sport over time, rather than just studying it. You will gain more knowledge that is more important, that can be used more effectively. A main reason we learn better through experience is because we take in more information that has to do with us on a personal level. Reason being is because everything that impacts us on a personal level is considered more important, rather than something that does not impact us as significantly.

Insights

I decided to pick this topic for many reasons. First, I have always been interested on how humans learn along with the specific details that go into how humans grasp the idea of learning. This topic was very meaningful to me because it gave me a great understanding of what is needed for humans to learn and how it takes place. This topic was also very meaningful to me because I believe that it is very important for us to understand how our brains work when it comes to learning. The brain is one of, if not, the most important parts of our body. We need to understand how our brain functions and why.

Conclusion

In conclusion with knowledge that I have given throughout my paper, the way our senses detect physical stimuli, how our brain processes perception and how we learn from experience is very important. There are many stages and processes that happen when it comes to our senses and detecting stimuli. Learning through experience is something that humans do that dictates a lot for us. We learn best through experiences because as humans, we remember past experiences and what is best and not best to do. Following, learn better through practice and repetition rather than being in an academic setting. Our brains get used to the tasks which allows us to learn much easier all due to experience. As you can see, much of what takes place within our brains is very important and impacts us in many ways.