Learning...

Learning...

1. a relatively permanent change in behaviour that occurs as a result of experience.

   • RPC BORE
   • Relatively: can be modified
   • Permanent: it can be here then gone - not necessarily a lifelong change

2. is ongoing, and allows us to adapt and change

3. can either be Intentional or Unintentional

   • INTENTIONAL= I decide
   • UNINTENTIONAL= I did NOT decide

4. can be ACTIVE or PASSIVE

   • ACTIVE= "ACT" on it
   • PASSIVE= "Pass" on it

5. Change has to have taken place for learning to have occurred

   • This change can be IMMEDIATELY or DELAYED

6. Not ALL learning has to be observed

   • Consequently, learning is said to have taken place if:
     • potential to behave in a certain way
     • behavior that is observed to have taken place

7. People who undergo sickness or injury do NOT count as learning

8. Behavior that is NOT dependent on learning

   • Reflexes
     • are NOT learned
     • deal with dangers
     • Protect and minimize harm
     • MAXIMIZES survival
   • Fixed-action patterns
     • behavior that occurs when all members of a species produce an identical response to a particular stimuli
     • can't be changed
     • same as inborn, but more complex
   • Maturation
     • development process
       • leading towards maturity
         • based on the orderly sequence of changes
           • occurs in the nervous system
             • as well as other bodily structures
               • controlled by genetic inheritance
     • Crawling, walking, running