Principles of Learning

An example of changing the beliefs of one person regarding another.... The wife frequently says to her husband, "You never help out around the house." The husband knows this isn't true. He often helps with the dishes, homework, and chores. To change his wife's belief about him, he engages in a concetrated effort to do the dishes every single night, to sweep and mop the floors, and clean the bathrooms. After 3 months of doing this, his wife begins to say things like, "You're super husband." At the end of the 3 months, the husband tapers off his efforts returning to doing the dishes and chores on occasion. Although the wife occasionally says, "you used to do the dishes every night" she no longer says or believes that he never helps out.

::Gymnastics Learning to do a back flip Learning to do a pull over ::Skiing Skiing down a steep slope Jumping off a cat track Skiing with good form ::Music Learning to play a song on the piano ::Programming Learning a new programming language Solving a real-world problem (i.e. a bi-directional scrolling pane) ::Other Learning someone's name Learning a phone number