Assessed Activity 1.2 (2015) Learning styles [Factual Piece with References]

VAKOG and NLP

VAKOG is an acronym that stands for:

Visual

Auditory

Kinesthetic

Olfactory
Gustatory

In literal terms, these are the five senses (Sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste respectively). However VAKOG, as an examination into how the human mind experiences and remembers information, is a small part of the core of "NLP", which is explained next:

Neuro-Linguistic Programming

NLP, initially investigated in the 1970's by Richard Bandler and John Grinder as a way to exploit one human's way of sensing and interpreting information to ease the learning for another, is a somewhat discredited area of neuroscience now relegated to pseudoscience. It was suggested that by examining how a person used their VAKOG to receive and interpret instructions and experiences, in social experiences and in learning, that it would be possible to encourage both reparation of multiple psychological disorders, and ease of education.

"Bandler and Grinder claim that the skills of exceptional people can be "modeled" using NLP methodology, then those skills can be acquired by anyone." ~ Neuro-linguistic programming, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (2015)

References:

Neuro-linguistic programming. (2015, February 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:32, March 9, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neuro-linguistic_programming&oldid=649279502

Representational systems (NLP). (2015, February 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13:37, March 9, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Representational_systems_(NLP)&oldid=649213690

Representational Systems. (2014). Mind Academy NLP Institute. Retrieved 13:39, March 9, 2015, from http://www.mindacademy.com/nlp/representational-systems