Something I do ALL the time and don’t know why would have to be when I see a car that looks like someone else’s I know I check to see if they are the person driving it. I clearly know that my friends are not in town right now because they are all at different colleges, but for some reason I look anyway. It also never fails that when I notice it is not them I am somewhat disappointed, as if I expect them to come surprise me or something. I love my friends, so it makes sense that I look for them, but really aren’t I smarter than that? I guess I could connect this by CLT maybe, but that could be a little shaky. My schema tends to tell me that my friends are still here, just like they were this summer. It also helps me recognize the same color and make of cars that they drive when I see them around, hence why I look for my friends when I see those specific cars. My schema hasn’t caught up to the fact that they are no longer here and won’t be back unless they visit until Christmas break. Until it decides to catch up, I will probably still continue to look for them in those cars. Other than possibly connecting that to CLT, I guess I don’t really know how else to connect it to any of the other learning theories.
I can relate to looking for specific individuals in cars that are the same make of different owners. It truly is a bit frustrating that I wasted my time looking in the driver's window knowing in my gut that it would not be the person I was searching for. I kind of see how this would possibly be connected to the CLT, however, like you said, that could be a bit shaky. I would say that it is more of the BLT, as this is something that you are used to doing, and you do it without thought or hesitation.
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