Summary:
If a blind person has learned about shapes through touch, and then suddenly gained the ability to see, he or she would not be able to identify these shapes only by sight. This is because the recognition of shapes by sight is acquired through association rather than through innate knowledge, and the previously blind person has never been taught to associate between the way that things feel and the way that they look.
A Blind Man Shapes a Learning Theory
The study of the behavior of blind people can provide insight and clarification regarding the learning process of humans. If a man blind from birth has learned about shapes purely by touch, when he is cured of his blindness he will not be able to recognize these shapes only by sight.
The act of learning has several different aspects. One is recollection, in which a person discovers information that they had already knew, and his brain can be triggered to remember this information without being told it straight out. Learning, however, is also achieved through associations that one has been taught. In example, a person can figure out that an apple pie is baking without being told, based on the smell which they have come to associate with this. This.....
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