This document defines learning as the modification of behavior through experiences and training. It represents a progressive change in behavior as individuals adapt to their environment. Learning is a lifelong process that begins at birth and continues until death, as both children and adults are constantly learning through their daily experiences and interactions. The document outlines several key characteristics of learning, including that it is a growth process, active, an adjustment to the environment, both individual and social, and purposeful rather than a single product. It also describes several types of learning, such as skill learning, perceptual learning, conceptual learning, associative learning, appreciational learning, and attitudinal learning.

1. LEARNING (PSYCHOLOGY)
AMRINA ABID

2. INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION:
• “LEARNING IS MODIFICATION OF BEHAVIOR THROUGH EXPERIENCES AND
TRAINING.”
• “LEARNING IS A PROCESS OF PROGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR ADOPTIONS.”
• IT REPRESENTS PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR OR INDIVIDUAL REACTS TO
A SITUATION OR SITUATION IN AN EFFORT TO ADOPT HIS BEHAVIOR
EFFECTIVELY TO DEMAND MADE UPON HIM.
• IT IS A PROCESS WHEREBY A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR RESULTS FROM EXPERIENCES
ACTIVITY TRAINING OBSERVATION.

3. NATURE
• A NEW BORN BABY IS HELPLESS AT BIRTH. HE DEPENDS UPON OTHER. BUT IN
DUE COURSE HE LEARNS A NUMBER OF THINGS.
• HE LEARNS TO CRAWL, STAND, WALK, RUN, EAT, SLEEP ETC.
• THE PROCESS OF LEARNING CONTINUES TILL DEATH.
• EVEN AN ADULT DURING COURSE OF HIS DAILY ROUTINE GOES ON LEARNING
AND ADDING TO HIS EXPERIENCES.

4. CHARACTERISTICS
• LEARNING IS GROWTH, ACTIVE, ADJUSTMENT.
• IT IS A PRODUCT OF ENVIRONMENT.
• IT IS BOTH INDIVIDUAL SOCIAL AND IT IS ALSO PURPOSEFUL.
• IT IS A PROCESS NOT A PRODUCT.
• IT IS ALL LIVING LEARNING.

5. TYPES OF LEARNING
• SKILL LEARNING: RIGHT FROM BIRTH CHILD ACQUIRES SKILL HIS BODILY
ORGANS LEARN TO HANDLE THINGS. HE MOVES LEGS AND BEGINS TO CRAWL. IN
COURSE OF TIME HE LEARNS OTHER MOTOR, SKILLS LIKE WALKING, SPEAKING,
DRAWING, WRITING, READING, PLAYING.
• PERCEPTUAL LEARNING: CHILD GET SENSATIONS THROUGH HIS ORGANS OF
SENSE, HE STARTS TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ONE OBJECT AND ANOTHER.
• CONCEPTUAL LEARNING: AS CONCRETE THINKING LEADS TO ABSTRACT
THINKING PERCEPTUAL LEARNING IS FOLLOWED B CONCEPTUAL LEARNING A
CONCEPT IS A GENERAL IDEA UNIVERSAL IN CHARACTER. A CHILD SEES A
PARTICULAR COW AND FORMS SOME IDEAS OF A COW WITH SOME
CHARACTERISTICS.

6. TYPES OF LEARNING
• ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING: CONCEPTUAL LEARNING IS HELPED BY ASSOCIATIVE
LEARNING IN AMASSING A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE. NEW CONCEPTS ARE
TAGGED WITH THE PAST CONCEPTS.
• APPRECIATIONAL LEARNING: WHILE APPRECIATIONAL LEARNING IS ON
AFFECTIVE RIDE A CHILD FROM VERY BEGINNING UTILIZES HIS INBORN TRAIT
AESTHETIC SENSIBILITY AND ACQUIRES CONCEPTS COLORED BY APPRECIATION.
• ATTITUDINAL LEARNING: ATTITUDE ARE GENERALIZED DISPOSITIONS FOR
CERTAIN PARTICULAR CONCEPTS, THINGS, PERSONS AND ACTIVITIES. A CHILD
DEVELOPS AN ATTITUDE OF AFFECTION TOWARDS HIS MOTHER. ALL THIS HE
LEARNS AND ADOPTS GRADUALLY.