Affective Context Model
According to this theory (developed by Nick Shackleton-Jones) the storage and subsequent processing of information depends on the broader intrinsic or extrinsic affective context. Humans ‘tag’ information in emotional terms; some provided principally by the learner, others by an external stimulus. To put it crudely: sometimes it really matters to people to learn, other times someone else makes it matter. When I have asked people what they remember from school – and I have asked this often – they will remember friends, girlfriends, school food, the terrible tedium and the teachers who inspired them with their enthusiasm or by taking them seriously. This model of learning addresses these characteristics, whilst most others ignore them.
