The benefits of themed quests for humans - 5 skills you can develop in yourself

The 5 necessary skills you pump up in games. The effect can be more powerful than a lecture

June 8, 2022, 11:15 AM MSC

Fun quests are only seemingly simple.

How to train the mind is self-explanatory. It’s enough to read more, make friends with numbers. But how to learn new skills and abilities? In this will help thematic quest – real or virtual. The effect of game-based learning is much higher than that of a lecture. And here’s why.

Natalia Koshlyakova

Maximum realistic immersion in the process helps to learn and memorize new information faster, as well as apply knowledge immediately in practice.

Among them:

safety rules;
public speaking skills;
rules for solving equations;
learning Russian folk tales for bilingual children;
communication skills in the family;
teaching children the basics of financial literacy;
rules of behavior in a conflict situation.

5 skills that pump up quests

Psychologist-consultant, member of the international organization IPACT, coach, energy therapist, mac-therapist.

Tells what skills can be pumped on quests.

Concentration of attention. Exercises, which are given in the quest, activate neural connections between separate areas of the brain, which contributes to the development of the skill to concentrate your attention on the necessary object or action. In a virtual quest can use different images, presented at different speeds and in different color variations. A person learns to notice individual details of the image, compare them, find differences, etc.

Strategic planning. For example, in the familiar game “Farm” the user must correctly plan each of his steps to eventually come to the desired result. As a rule, exercises in game form are easier to perform.

Quickness of reaction in decision making. There are special simulators that simulate, for example, the management of a large company. The player trains in a managerial position and at the same time understands what qualities you need to possess for this.

Teamwork. Teamwork simulators form a sense of ownership of the process and the team. Especially effective from a psychological point of view are trainings and tests within the framework of a quest – virtual or real, it does not matter. This is how game participants learn to trust and delegate.

Observer skill. With the help of a quest you can train the ability to perceive a different point of view, learn to look at the problem from the outside, find new non-standard solutions faster.