Learning Theories

Learning Theories

The first theory I want to talk about is the “Social Judgment Theory” the Social Judgment Theory is a theoretical perspective most closely associated with Muzafer Sherif and Carl Havland. The central idea of Social Judgment Theory is that attitude change is mediated by judgment processes and effects used to persuade people (Krebs). They also discuss in the article things like “Judgment on Alternative Positions on an Issue”

This deals with peoples various positions on a particular issue such as Marijuana, whether we should legalize for medical purposes, or whether we should get rid of it all together. No reaction to this is wrong but what needs to happen is during the whole persuasive communication on the topic, one needs to be able to assess a person’s personal judgment on the issue or many various issues. In the article assessment procedure that is offered is what they call the Ordered Alternatives Questionnaire.

This deals with the individual on point of view, from extreme view to the next, what’s amazing is getting the individuals persons too focus solidly on their conviction, a solid stance on their position where there ego is embedded in it. In the article it won’t on to talk about, Assimilation and Contrast effects, communications that fall into the latitude of acceptance or the latitude of non-commitment. In the article they discuss attitude change and give the final thoughts. I felt this to be an excellent article and theory.

The second theory I found impressive was the ACT theory and architecture of cognition. This is a theory for understanding human cognition, how they organize knowledge and produce behavior. They allow people to test different cognitive skill levels, basically capturing how they perceive things. Everything is resolved from psychological tests. They have successfully created models for learning and memory, individual differences, cognitive development, perception and attention, language and communication,...