Learning one step at a time
"Immersing youth into a world of 'tangible' objects induces opportunity for operant conditioning". That was the argument I thought of when I saw my silly bald-headed self. Operant conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior. Through this practice, an association is made between a behavior and a consequence for that behavior. In my picture, I had an electric toy which had buttons on it. If I pushed a button, a song would play. I learned this, as a baby, through this conditioning. When a kettle is being heated to boil water, it is unsafe to come into direct contact with the kettle or the hot water within. Wanting to go outside is not a good enough reason to accidentally plant your face into a glass pane or a flimsy black screen. By being hasty, we become blind. From our blindness, we learn and try not to repeat our past mistakes. Curiosity and courage are the ingredients which are essential in preparing the dish of new
