Personal Traits That Contribute to Learning Learning

There is both scientific and social research that shows that learning is possible at all stages of life, yet there are some stages where learning comes more easily and effortlessly than others. Age is one of a few qualities the paper will discuss regarding the influence of personal traits that affect learning. Certainly, it is culturally accepted common knowledge that it is easier for very young children to learn than adults. Children are more like blank slates, especially when they are very young, and they absorb information at different rates and with different forms of attention than with adults. Adults have more experiential knowledge and social intelligence than children, and therefore, experience a different kind of learning or growth than say, a three-year-old child.

Personality may be the most significant factor with respect to learning. If a person is motivated...

Despite gender, age, or other qualities that may affect learning, personality may be the most overwhelming and important. Personality influences the process of learning as well as the reception and application of learning. If a person is lazy, their gender and age become increasingly inconsequential. If a person is driven and ambitious, again, those other qualities become subordinated. It is the personality type or disposition that carries the greatest influence or significance out of the three traits presented in this paper: age, gender, and personality.
Gender has implications for learning that are more culturally based. Any person despite the gender of that person is physically capable of learning. Yet, depending on the cultural context and social constructions of gender in that person's culture, there may be extra challenge when it comes to…