Cognition Movie: Mr. Holland’s Opus For this second movie reaction, I decided to watch Mr. Holland’s Opus and find practice of cognitive theories and concepts throughout the film. The movie, starring Richard Dreyfuss is a true story about musician and composer who takes a music teaching job to pay the bills and have spare time to compose a masterpiece. Little did he know that his job would soon consume his life for the next thirty years. Over the course of his teaching, he realizes that he wants his students to have the same zest for music as he possesses. This movie is a great example of social cognitive theory in practice and is related to my field of study, which is music education in a secondary setting. One major scene of Mr. Holland’s Opus that jumped out at …show more content…
One of the first scenes with her, he calls her out in front of the band to play her part by herself, despite knowing that she is struggling more so than her peers. He confronts her and sets ups a time to meet with her on an individual basis, which she gladly accepts. However, she soon discovers that she is not progressing in her learning and doubts herself. Later on in a different scene, Gertrude tells Mr. Holland that she wants to quit playing the clarinet. Right away, self-efficacy comes into play with sense of learning on the clarinet. She feels inferior to not only her peers in band, but also her family. “I just want to be good at something” is her statement to Mr. Holland, after regarding how successful everyone in her family is, except her. She is hung up on not only her past failures on the clarinet, but also the successes of the people around her. Through her low self-efficacy and self-concept, Gertrude is allowing her behavior and overall achievement be
According to social cognitive theory, people and their environments mutually influence each other (Ormrod, 2011). People learn from the environment they are in, people they interact with, and behaviors they watch. People can learn by observing others and as they become older they can set their goals based on the accomplishments and the results of that learning. The video of the 4th grade, Canoga Park is about learning by observing, listening, and discussing a subject among the class-mates (4th Grade, Canoga Park, n.d.). In the video teacher is trying to teach the students about the importance of printing press. The teacher asked the students to divide in the groups of two called “pair and share” to discuss the views between two students first and then he asks the students to answer in a bigger group setting to assess whether the students learned the subject or not. The purpose of...
This review aims to address the debate as to whether or not playing classical music enhances the cognitive development of infants. This question is raised in response to the claim made by music educator Don Campbell (1997), who states that ‘playing Mozart to babies makes them smarter’, by aiding their intellectual and creative development. It is important to determine if there is sufficient evidence behind this statement as people are paying money for their children to experience the claimed effects. This review will draw upon, analyse and interpret a range of empirical research studies involving school-aged children to adults exposed to different forms of music (including Mozart) to measure the effects. Campbell’s claim will be critically evaluated and proved otherwise that playing Mozart to babies does not improve overall intelligence. It will be argued that the empirical studies are based on children and young adults not infants, that the effects were found to be temporary and relative to specific measure on intelligence, and that other forms of music can influence spatial reasoning.
Three aspects of this topic will be discussed throughout this report to analyse why the Mozart Effect is being misrepresented. The difference between music listening and music instruction will be examined, as well as the different methodologies used in literature, and an alternate explanation for why a temporary increase in IQ ...
Analysis: Gertrude is playing the common role of a caring mother. She wants her boy to win and do well so she comes out
Social cognitive theory (SCT) involves four key components: reciprocal interaction, enacting learning, vicarious learning, and modeling. Despite Ann, the English teacher in the video, may not know what SCT is, she does apply the theory to her teaching strategy.
In the movie The Soloist, directed by Joe Wright, a Los Angeles Times writer, Robert Lopez, meets Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a homeless schizophrenic. Later, he finds out that Nathaniel once attended Juilliard but dropped out during his second year. Being curious as to how someone like Nathaniel ended up on the streets, Robert does his research and writes a column about Nathaniel for the L.A. Times. In the beginning it is evident that the main character, Nathaniel Ayers, is suffering from a mental illness by the way he hears voices and talks with such disorganized speech.
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In 1993, a study conducted by researchers Rauscher, Shaw and Ky aimed to test the theory that listening to Mozart increased ones performance on spatial relations tasks. Now decades on, the study forms the basis of a preconception that listening to Mozart can make someone (specifically babies) smarter and is now “one of the most well-known popular interpretations (or rather misinterpretations) of a psychological finding” (Husain, Schellenberg and Thompson, 2001, p. 248). With this being said, the following essay aims to eliminate this preconception by analysing current research valid to the Mozart affect whilst reinforcing the argument that listening to Mozart does not improve intelligence, but rather, in limited cases is able to produce minimal and temporary spatial aptitude that does not necessarily pertain exclusively to Mozart’s pieces. This can be supported by analysing studies; that show listening to Mozart only boosts spatial ability, that the improvement of spatial ability can be credited to other factors such as arousal, mood or personal preference and also that the increase in spatial capacity has yet to be studied in-depth in terms of if it is able to have long-term effects. The lack of studies involving babies or even young children also supports the argument that listening to Mozart does not makes babies smarter.
Musical intellectuals can create and reproduce music. Studies shows, that music and mathematics share a connection because they have similar thinking process. A study "showed that when groups of first graders were given music instruction that emphasized sequential skill development and musical games involving rhythm and pitch, after six months, the students scored better in math than students in groups that received traditional music instruction." (Zhan, 2002).Musical intelligence deals with rhythm and u...
The movie "A Beautiful Mind" tells the story of Nobel Prize winner John Nash's struggle with schizophrenia. It follows his journey from the point where he is not even aware he has schizophrenia, to the point where Nash and his wife find a way to manage his condition. The movie provides a lot of information and insight into the psychological condition of schizophrenia, including information on the symptoms, the treatment and cures, the life for the individual and for the individual's family. The movie is effective at demonstrating various concepts related to schizophrenia, and provides an insight into the disease of schizophrenia.
Franz Liszt once said "Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words. If music has one advantage over the other media through which a person can represent the impressions of the soul, it owes this to its supreme capacity to make each inner impulse audible without the assistance of reason. Reason, after all, is restricted in the diversity of its means and is capable only of confirming or describing our affections, not of communicating them directly in their full intensity. To accomplish this even approximately, reason must search for images and comparisons. Music, on the other hand, presents at once the intensity and the expression of feeling. It is the embodied and intelligible essence of feeling, capable of being apprehended by our senses. It permeates them like a dart, like a ray, like a mist, like a spirit, and fills our soul." Music has been passed down from generation to generation to show an audience beauty and associate with their emotions. My violin teacher Brunilda Myftaraj once stated that I could play violin all day without ending and I would feel empty, she advised that unless I connect with my audience than the music I’m playing has no exquisiteness and means nothing to no-one. My teacher said a respectable performance is one in which the audience is drawn into the beauty of the playing and adores the music so much that they effortlessly remember the music performed. For my capstone I wanted to answer the question on how 2 different types of music can affect the memory of teenagers and young adults. The majority of studies done by the University’s and non-profit organizations all ask how music affects memory of ...
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Social Cognitive Learning provides a window to develop an educational experience for school children, families, and adults that reflect different styles of learning such as visual or hands-on learners. (EE, 19). Learning through observing models, reading, listening, repetition and reproduction are partial. Observing through hands-on or interactive activities, and motivation based on individual goals of each individual person are all accomplished, demonstrated and provided by any museum setting. These traits of learning through Social Cognitive Theory are offered through museum exhibits, interactive and hands-on displays, works of arts, artifacts, and educational programs. Demonstrations of concepts such as these serve as the environmental conditions that influence learning. (EE,