What is Learning?- Week 6 Schema Theory

In discussing learning in the context of schema theory, I would suggest that learning is evaluating how you see or perceive things around you based on the experiences you have had and using existing perceptions to develop new perceptions and ideas about things that you are unfamiliar with. To illustrate, if I have used a dishwasher my whole life to wash dishes, and my wife makes me learn to wash dishes by hand, I would evaluate what I know about how the dishwasher washes dishes. I would consider the facts that the dishwasher uses soap, sprays jets of water on the dishes, rinses after washing, and then drys the dishes. Based on this schema, I would then assume that in order for me to wash dishes by hand, I will have to learn to perform those same steps. In this instance, I am using a predefined schema to learn a new information and skills.