¥Q Are the upper levels of the Cone for
the older student and the lower ones for the child?
¥A It is true
that the older a person is, the more abstract his concepts
are likely to be. We can explain
this developmental change by a greater physical maturation,
greater opportunity for vivid experiences, and (in
certain circumstances) greater motivation for learning. But an older student does not live exclusively
in the world of his abstract concepts, just as a child
does not live only through the impressions his senses
give him. The shuttling process,
in fact, continues not only through the learning of a particular concept, but
throughout all life. And this
interaction is an indication of the nature and complexity of concepts
themselves. (continued on next
slide)