Psychology of Affect- 2
Introduction
Mathematics
has embedded itself so much into our society than we may ever know.
This is evident by the technologies that we have adapted through the use of computers, the internet, and telecommunications among many others. The knowledge of mathematics has helped us to develop many innovations that have made our lives not only easier but possible as well. While the discipline of mathematics may be thought as the preserve of scientists and mathematicians, its usefulness and applicability has enabled it to cross many other professional areas. This paper explores how emotion affects the learning and development of mathematics-affect psychology. It critically explores how emotional theories on mathematical learning have been applied by psychologists. By understanding how emotional psychology affects the learning of this crucial discipline, we can then see how to promote the same in a more knowledgeable way.
This is evident by the technologies that we have adapted through the use of computers, the internet, and telecommunications among many others. The knowledge of mathematics has helped us to develop many innovations that have made our lives not only easier but possible as well. While the discipline of mathematics may be thought as the preserve of scientists and mathematicians, its usefulness and applicability has enabled it to cross many other professional areas. This paper explores how emotion affects the learning and development of mathematics-affect psychology. It critically explores how emotional theories on mathematical learning have been applied by psychologists. By understanding how emotional psychology affects the learning of this crucial discipline, we can then see how to promote the same in a more knowledgeable way.
Background
Many attempts have been made to comprehensively understand
man’s cognitive abilities. Several researchers have developed theories in an
attempt to explain the human learning behavior. This researched has over time
specialized to specific areas including mathematical learning. As one may
think, understanding human psychology may prove to be a difficult task
considering that the psychology of man is a summation of very many parameters
that are interrelated in a very complex relationship. Researchers have
therefore come up with diverse explanations on the contribution of emotion
stimulus in mathematical learning. Even with no single accepted theory on the
role of emotion in mathematics cognitive capacities, it is obvious that
considerable progress has been made in this research. For example, though the
human mind may be functioning in a manner that is more complex, the computer is
a primitive imitation to the human mind. It has an electronic memory and can
perform tasks that require organized analysis including computation. It is
highly probable that the innovators of the computer were either consciously or
unconsciously motivated by understanding; in part how our minds operate. The
obvious and especially important difference that is apparent here is that:
unlike the computer, we react to emotional stimuli. This in turn affects our
learning capacities. Understanding how this in particular affects learning of
mathematics is the primary aim of this paper.
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