Chapter 7~ Learning

This chapter, so far, is my favorite because I like to study how people learn and my second career choice is teaching. I learned that people and animals learn by observation. For example if I see my older brother burn himself on something hot I will know, through observation, not to touch that thing because it was hot. Children also learn through imitation. They may see their dad yell at the dog because it peed on the floor and five minutes later the kid will yell at the dog for no reason. Kids also learn swear words and other words from observing and imitating. I also learned that our bodies and minds are conditioned and are on a schedule. Scientist have learned to train fish to feed by using a tone. They sound a tone before they give the fish food and after three days the fish know the tone resembles food. The scientist hope to release the fish into the ocean and once they are big enough to eat they will sound the tone, net the fish, and eat them.