Post by mikey117 on Sept 27, 2017 3:14:11 GMT
Schemas are essentially mental frame works we have that pertain to certain contexts in which we have certain expectations from both the context itself and our reactions to them.
An easy example to Illustrate to point is entering into a library, I know when I walk in there it would be very inappropriate to set off some fireworks in order to make some noise(not to mention dangerous) also I know I can expect some certain alphabetical order to be involved when I am looking for said books, or maybe a numerical order based on a different organizational system. But Overall my actions are roughly the same, keep quiet, look for a book I need by using their organizational system which could be by name of the book or last name of an author.
Now before I have entered into that environment, I already have a schema running in my mind about which behaviors I should be enacting and how everyone else around me is going to act. To go back to the library example, if I were reading a book, I would expect a level of quiet in which I would be allowed to read in peace. However if someone is being loud they are breaking the schema I had for the environment, either that person is breaking the established order of a library or I have ended up in the wrong place.
This is a cognitive process rather then a behavioral one, because schemas take effect even before I go inside the environment where the needed behavior takes place, also schemas account for the behavior of other people in that particular context in which if they don't act in that particular manner it breaks the schema. I dont have to be trained to behave in a particular manner every single time, I can be told of the expected behavior in a particular environment and reasonably act in accordance with it.
A bit of a funny personal example was going to a catholic service, in which I assumed based on previous church experience that you open the hymn books and everyone sings every line, I was not aware of certain hymns being a call and response, which lead me to singing along with the priest for that service and some people looking at me, which of course there was embarrassment as I didn't know that particular mode of behavior for their service...Needless to say my schema had to be adjusted to match what I was observing at the time
An easy example to Illustrate to point is entering into a library, I know when I walk in there it would be very inappropriate to set off some fireworks in order to make some noise(not to mention dangerous) also I know I can expect some certain alphabetical order to be involved when I am looking for said books, or maybe a numerical order based on a different organizational system. But Overall my actions are roughly the same, keep quiet, look for a book I need by using their organizational system which could be by name of the book or last name of an author.
Now before I have entered into that environment, I already have a schema running in my mind about which behaviors I should be enacting and how everyone else around me is going to act. To go back to the library example, if I were reading a book, I would expect a level of quiet in which I would be allowed to read in peace. However if someone is being loud they are breaking the schema I had for the environment, either that person is breaking the established order of a library or I have ended up in the wrong place.
This is a cognitive process rather then a behavioral one, because schemas take effect even before I go inside the environment where the needed behavior takes place, also schemas account for the behavior of other people in that particular context in which if they don't act in that particular manner it breaks the schema. I dont have to be trained to behave in a particular manner every single time, I can be told of the expected behavior in a particular environment and reasonably act in accordance with it.
A bit of a funny personal example was going to a catholic service, in which I assumed based on previous church experience that you open the hymn books and everyone sings every line, I was not aware of certain hymns being a call and response, which lead me to singing along with the priest for that service and some people looking at me, which of course there was embarrassment as I didn't know that particular mode of behavior for their service...Needless to say my schema had to be adjusted to match what I was observing at the time