GCSE Psychology 9-1

Psychology 9-1 GCSE -  1.1.3 -  Understand the effects of learning on development using Daniel Willingham's learning theory, including strengths and weaknesses of the theory: a) Factual Knowledge Precedes Skill -  In summary this is saying that factual knowledge of an activity or subject is crucial for becoming skilled in said subject or activity. An example is if someone asked two people to install RAM onto a motherboard, one of these people knows the science of computers and the other does not. Obviously the person with the knowledge of computers will figure it out and complete the task quicker than someone with no prior knowledge of computer layouts. b) The importance of practice and effort -  People say practice means perfect a lot and that's very true. When we practice anything our brains use trial and error to learn from mistakes we make and learn more effective ways of doing something. As well as our brains refining its motor skills, the mor...