LEARNING

PRESENTED BY: RADHIKA

GANDOTRA

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
DEFINITION FROM VARIOUS
AUTHORS
FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNING
DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEARNING
THEORIES
LEARNING CURVES
CONCLUSION

 Learning can be defined as the permanent change

in behavior due to direct and indirect experience.
It means change in behavior, attitude due to
education and training, practice and experience.
Learning is through action; when we act we learn.
Learning changes the behaviour of an individual
as he requires information and experience.
Characteristic features of Learning :
Learning involves change.
Learning is permanent in nature.
Some form of experience is necessary for
learning.

 According

to BERNARD, BASS &

JAMES, Learning is a relatively
permanent change in behaviour
which occurs as a result of
experience.

Through

learning we can influence a

persons abilities, perception and
motivation.

Factors Affecting Learning

Motivation It is a very important aspect of learning as it
acts gives us a positive energy to complete a task.Example
The coach motivated the players to win the match.
Practice We all know that Practice makes us perfect. In
order to be a perfectionist or at least complete the task, it is
very important to practice what we have learnt.Example
We can be a programmer only when we execute the codes we
have written.
Environment We learn from our surroundings, we learn
from the people around us. They are of two types of
environment internal and external.Example A child when
at home learns from the family which is an internal
environment, but when sent to school it is an external
environment.
Mental group It describes our thinking by the group of
people we chose to hang out with. It can be for a social cause
where people with the same mentality work in the same
direction.Example A group of readers, travelers, etc.

THEORIES OF LEARNING

 Classical Conditioning Theory

The classical conditioning occurs when a
conditioned stimulus is coupled with an
unconditioned stimulus.

 Operant Conditioning Theory

Operant conditioning theory is also known as instrumental
conditioning.
It is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and
punishments for behavior. Through operant conditioning,
an association is made between a behavior and a
consequence for that behavior.
For example, when a laboratory rat presses a blue button,
he receives a food pellet as a reward, but when he
presses the red button he receives a mild electric shock.
As a result, he learns to press the blue button but avoid the
red button.

 Social Learning Theory

In this theory people can learn new
information and behaviour by watching
other people.
Known as observational theory.
People learn through observing others
attitude preferences and behaviour.

 Cognitive Learning Theory

Cognition defines a persons ideas, thoughts,
knowledge, interpretation, understanding
about himself and environment.
COGNITIVE FACTORS (or Personal factors)
Knowledge
DETERMINES HUMAN
BEHAVIOUR
Expectations
Attitudes
Thoughts

Learning Curves

CONCLUSION
LEARNING IS AN IMPORTANT
COMPONENT OF
ORGANISATION BEHAVIOUR
AND IT HAS HIGH IMPACT ON
INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR.