Hidden Causes - a Psychological Approach to Learning Draft Ver. | Page 8

W hen as
k
ed why t
hey
s
t
udy,
s
t
udent
s of
t
en
ans
wer wi
t
h get
t
i
ng good
gr
ades,
t
o mak
e t
hei
r par
-
ent
s happy.
I
n or
der t
o do
t
hat
,
t
hey memor
i
z
e t
he
cont
ent
s of t
hei
r book
s,
do
r
evi
si
ons and exer
ci
s
e,
and
ot
her t
hi
ngs t
hat mi
ght hel
p
t
hem t
o T
her
e ar
e di
f
f
er
ent
t
ypes of act
i
vi
t
i
es t
hat i
s
done when you ar
e s
t
udy-
i
ng.
T
hey i
ncl
ude:
- L
i
st
eni
ng
-Wr
i
t
i
ng or t
aki
ng not
es
-Readi
ng
W hen s
t
udent
s t
ak
e not
es
on t
he i
nf
or
mat
i
on t
hat
t
hey ar
e gi
ven by t
he
t
eacher
s,
t
hey t
hi
nk t
hat
t
hey ar
edone s
t
udyi
ng.
However
,
not al
l
not
e
t
aki
ng i
s consi
der
ed as
s
t
udyi
ng.
Not
e t
aki
ng has t
o
be us
ed t
o under
s
t
and t
he
l
ear
ni
ng obj
ect
i
ve.
I
f you
ar
e t
aki
ng not
es j
us
t f
or t
he
s
ak
e of t
aki
ng not
es and
copyi
ng t
he exact wor
ds
f
r
om a book or a websi
t
e,
i
t i
s
n’
t consi
der
ed as s
t
udy-
i
ng.
But ar
e t
hes
e s
t
udyi
ng ac-
t
i
vi
t
i
es ef
f
ect
i
ve? E
vent
ual
l
y
t
hos
e l
at
e ni
ght
s ar
e j
us
t us
ed
t
o r
evi
ew t
he mat
er
i
al
s and
knowl
edge t
hat you al
r
eady
l
ear
n i
n cl
as
s.
You don'
t act
u-
al
l
y gai
n new knowl
edge and
s
ki
l
l
s.
T
hi
s i
s t
he di
f
f
er
ence be-
t
ween s
t
udyi
ng and l
ear
ni
ng.
W hi
l
e s
t
udyi
ng i
s r
eadi
ng,
memor
i
zi
ng f
act
s,
and l
i
s
t
eni
ng
t
o l
ect
ur
es i
n s
chool
t
o l
ear
n
about a s
ubj
ect and get a
good gr
ade on t
he t
es
t
s and
exams,
l
ear
ni
ng i
s a pr
oces
s
wher
e s
omeone gai
ns knowl
-
e dge by s
t
udyi
ng,
exper
i
enc-
i
ng,
or t
eachi
ng s
omet
hi
ng,
.
We l
ear
n new and di
f
f
er
ent
t
hi
ngs t
o change our per
s
pec-
t
i
ve on s
omet
hi
ng.
Our cur
i
osi
-
t
y t
owar
ds s
omet
hi
ng mot
i
-
vat
es us t
o l
ear
n.
W hen w
don’
t have an i
nf
or
mat
i
on
on s
omet
hi
ng,
we have t
he
need t
o l
ook f
or t
hat mi
s
s-
i
ng i
nf
or
mat
i
on and i
mpl
e-
ment i
t i
nt
o our knowl
edge,
changi
ng our per
s
pect
i
ve.
Somet
i
mes,
we al
s
o l
ear
n
when we ar
e t
r
yi
ng t
o f
i
t i
n
i
nt
o a new envi
r
onment
and f
eel
i
ncl
uded wi
t
h t
he
peopl
e ar
ound us.
W hen
we l
i
ve i
n a f
or
ei
gn count
r
y
f
or i
ns
t
ance.
We t
end t
o
want t
o l
ear
n and under
-
s
t
and t
he l
anguage t
hat
t
hey s
peak s
o we can
communi
cat
e easi
l
y wi
t
h
our f
r
i
ends and t
he peopl
e
ar
ound us. F
or us s
t
udent
s,
mos
t of our l
ear
ni
ng hap-
pens i
n s
chool
,
wher
e our
t
eacher
s t
each us new
t
hi
ngs.
But what i
s t
he benef
i
t of
goi
ng t
hr
ough al
l
t
hat j
us
t t
o
l
ear
n a new knowl
edge? I
s
i
t r
eal
l
y neces
s
ar
y t
o know
al
l
t
hat
? We ar
e f
or
ced by
our par
ent
s and s
oci
et
y t
o
s
t
ay at s
chool
and l
ear
n
new t
hi
ngs.
But we al
ways
t
hi
nk t
hat t
he t
hi
ngs t
hat
we l
ear
n i
n s
chool
l
i
k
e al
-
gebr
a,
bi
ol
ogy and physi
cs
won'
t mat
t
er af
t
er we gr
aduat
e.
So why bot
her goi
ng t
o s
chool
?
Ot
her t
han meet
i
ng your f
r
i
ends
and s
oci
al
i
zi
ng wi
t
h ot
her
peopl
e,
goi
ng t
o s
chool
al
s
o
hel
ps us t
o know what we ar
e
t
al
ent
ed i
n and hel
ps us t
o
pr
act
i
ce t
hat s
peci
f
i
c t
al
ent
,
whi
ch bui
l
ds our conf
i
dence.
I
t
al
s
o pr
epar
es us f
or "
r
eal
l
i
f
e"
af
t
er we gr
aduat
e and ar
e
l
ooki
ng f
or j
obs.
T
hes
e benef
i
t
s
may not be s
een by us r
i
ght
now,
but i
n t
he f
ut
ur
e l
at
er
,
how
w e s
t
udy dur
i
ng s
chool
i
s
s
hown t
hr
ough our behavi
or
and knowl
edge as educat
i
on i
s
t
he bas
e of a s
ucces
s
f
ul
per
s
on.