Every acquired reaction is, as a rule, either a complication grafted on a native reaction, or a substitute for a native reaction, which the same object originally tended to provoke. (p. 20)
James discussion of how we learn and acquire knowledge is akin to the Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning. The training and stimulus is built into both. I am still grappling with this concept of education in this form I understand the implications and why this is considered basic. I am just not sure if I am totally sold on the fundamentals of this particular concept. I believe that there are some alternative methods.
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