Cliff has vivid memories of burning his hand on a birthday candle at his seventh birthday party. But his mother corrects him, s
aying, "You never burned your hand. But I would tell you at every birthday to be careful of the candles." Which theoretical model best accounts for Cliff’s misremembering?
According to the constructionist theory in order for a person to understand the world around them a person creates mental models. This learning process is cumulative i.e., the person learns new things by using the information they already posses.
Here, Cliff has created a mental model which makes him think that he was told to be careful of candles because of some event that occurred in the past. His mind has created a mental model where he burnt his hand and hence was told to be careful of the candles.
Before 661 CE, the Quran were in circulation but in partial scripts and not official. Caliph Uthman then ordered that they were written officially, where all the partial scripts were brought together to form the official Quran
According to research, this peer-group influence should help her avoid some of the negative vices like smoking,drinking, etc. Because, the more she spent time attending youth activities in her church, the more she is withdrawn from worldly activities that might lead her astray.
