this is actually a really big thing for me and it has a few variations in the way it manifests  the most obvious one is that understanding why something is done emphasizes importance but learning why is also more engaging than just being told what to do  for me personally the why is important emotionally too if im told to do something now but not why it needs to be done now it feels like a command given with no regard to my autonomy alternately if im told to do something a specific way but not why it needs to be done that specific way im very much liable to try to figure out an easier faster or simpler way which might be a problem if there was a reason i was told to do it a certain way  this need for contextualization applies to explanations too actually the dumb example i like to use is someone explaining how a cabinet with both doors and drawers opens if im wondering about the drawers and they start explaining hinges im more likely to wonder how the hell drawers use hinges than i am to realize  that theyre talking about the doors