An initial view (mindmap, adulterated) of how model of mind fits with identity formation and perception.

This is also an experiment with XMind and in massaging the output to work in my blog here on Drupal.

First, my model of mind and (therefore) of learning - we are pattern matching creatures by dint of the way out brains work, and look for the similarities and differences between things. We also create models in our minds of what we perceive, which are, by definition, abstractions and simplifications of the 'objective reality'. Our perceptions are, I believe, affected by the internal models.