Chapter-2: The Laws of Learning
Outline of Article:
- The Fourth Law of Learning
- Thank you
The Fourth Law of Learning
This next law depends on understanding the exact factors involved within motivation. Therefore, I will now focus on discussing each factor of motivation; and, then, I will state an approximate definition of motivation.
Recall, I defined motivation to be the product of three factors: value, expectation and willpower. Unlike a habit, motivation is produced in any order of its three factors. And, to be clear, I will state my definitions for each factor.
Value is the free-will to assign an amount of worth to something in reality.
Expectation is the free-will to assign an amount of belief that something has occurred, is occurring or will occur in reality.
Willpower is the free-will to act in a participatory manner with reality; such that, it functions like a muscle and it will fatigue over time.
Notice, motivated reader: value, expectation and willpower are each free-will dependent factors, which means they are each factors of consciousness. In other words, these factors have a strict dependence on the individual practitioner: they are dependent on the person valuing; they are dependent on the person expecting; and they are dependent on a person’s strength of willpower to take action in reality.
Consequently, the product of motivation is and always has been a self directed and self accumulated quantity in an individual’s life span development.
Motivation is the free-will expression of consciousness in reality, which consists of the product of three factors: value, expectation and willpower. In symbolic form, letting M = motivation, v = value, e = expectation and w = willpower, then an approximation to motivation in a person is:
M = (v)(e)(w) Equation-1
The Fourth Law of Learning:
The required motivation to learn anything is completely the responsibility of the learner to produce. In greater detail: value, expectation and willpower to learn must originate and be maintained by the individual learner.
Thank You
I appreciate your time in reading my blog post. Next Monday I will upload the next part of Chapter-2: The Laws of Learning, from my self-development book, How Does Studying Work?
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