This purpose of this paper is to identify implications of various learning theories for workplace learning and performance and HRD. It begins with a review of various theoretical positions on learning including behaviorism, Gestalt theory, cognitive theory, schema theory, connectionist theory, social learning or behavior modeling, social perspective theory, and situated cognition theory. Implic...

Demand for interactive products that are intuitive to use is high. Intuitive use in this paper is understood as the subconscious application of prior knowledge by the user. This definition is explicated by a continuum model of prior knowledge. Theories from several disciplines of application are surveyed whether they can contribute to the field of ‘Design for Intuitive Use’. Two sets of require...

Two main weaknesses of GA and GP schema theorems are that they provide only information on the expected value of the number of instances of a given schema at the next generation Em(H; t + 1)], and they can only give a lower bound for such a quantity. This paper presents new theoretical results on GP and GA schemata which largely overcome these weaknesses. Firstly, unlike previous results which ...

The dominant theory of analogical thinking since the 1980s is structure mapping theory. In this paper, a new about reasoning by analogy presented: category assignment It argued that able to explain better than first how specific type analogies are interpreted and evaluated, namely, those in which facts compared constitute examples schema-governed category. arguments presented accompanied brief ...

A schema-based theory of music perception that describes the dynamic interaction between the musical event and the listener's knowledge of the underlying regularities in tonal music is proposed. Three properties of musical schema are evaluated in a recognition memory experiment: (1) The schema engages a subset of the abstract knowledge system that is determined by the predominant key of the mus...

The current study was an investigation of the self-schema and social comparison theories of body dissatisfaction. The social comparison manipulation consisted of exposure to one of three levels of comparison figure: upward, downward, or no comparison. Two different imagery exercises served to prime either a participants' appearance self-schema, or a non-appearance schema. Participants completed...

This paper shows a data model for transforming and assembling document information such as SGML or XML documents. The biggest advantage over other data models is that this data model simultaneously provides (1) powerful patterns and contextual conditions, and (2) schema transformation. Patterns and contextual conditions capture conditions on subordinates and those on superiors, siblings, subord...

Objectives of the WP. The key objectives were: 1. Develop new techniques and algorithms for schema mapping and Web data exchange; and 2. Develop new techniques and algorithms for improving query evaluation by making use of schema information. The first objective is represented by tasks T2.1 (Schema Mappings for XML) and T2.2 (Data Exchange for XML Documents), and the second by tasks T2.3 (Query...

Developmental stuttering is a disruption in normal speech fluency and rhythm. Developmental stuttering usually manifests between 6 and 9 years of age and may persist in adulthood. At present, the exact etiology of developmental stuttering is not fully clear. Besides, the dopaminergic neurological component is likely to have a causal role in the manifestation of stuttering behaviors. Actually, s...