Week⑦:Analogical ThinkingA

              This is a video about Analogies thinking.

    The video give us two questions.One is What s the nature of  Analogical thinking and what might be some of the benefits of learning this tool.Another one is How can I better understand the concept of a nanosecond?And the video gave us the answer.




What is Analogies and what is Analogies thinking?

            

        Analogical thinking is a method of processing information that compares the similarities between new and understood concepts, then uses those similarities to gain understanding of the new concept. It is a form of inductive reasoning because it strives to provide understanding of what is likely to be true, rather than deductively proving something as fact. This method can be used by both children and adults as a way to learn new information or as part of a persuasive argument.

        The thinking process begins by a person determining the target domain, or the new idea to be learned or explained. It is then compared to a general matching domain, or an idea that is already well-understood. The two domains must be similar enough to make a valid, substantial comparison. Specific qualities are chosen that belong to the matching domain, then related items are searched for in the target domain to tie the two domains together. For example, food’s effect on the human body can be an analogy to gasoline’s effect on a car because they are both responsible for making entities function correctly.

        Analogical thinking is based on the brain’s ability to form patterns by association. The brain may be able to understand new concepts more easily if they are perceived as being part of a pattern. If a new concept is compared to something the brain already knows, it may be more likely that the brain will store the new information more readily.

On blackboard,teacher give us some exercise about analogies but I didnot do,cause my english words poor,the exercise has too many words I can not understand.

This is some interesting analogies test