Communication

The Cognitive Approach to Learning

The cognitive approach to learning insists that even though learning can be inferred from behaviour, it is separate from the behaviour itself. It is defined as a relatively permanent change in cognition occurring as a result of experience. Learning represents a change in the content, organization, and storage of information in the brain. Individuals possess [...]

The Behavioural Approach to Learning

The behavioural approach measures learning in terms of relatively permanent changes in behaviour. It suggests that learning has only taken place if the learner displays behaviour related to the new learning. The behaviourist approach claims that the environment controls learning, in that people respond to stimuli in their environment, and their response, or behaviour, is [...]

Shared Meaning and the Communication Process

Communication is the parting or exchanging of thoughts, opinions or information by speech, writing or signs. It can also mean the process of conveying information electronically or manually.