Learning theories
Chapter 6
,Learning about theories
• What is learning:
• “a persisting change in human performance or performance potential . . .
(brought) about as a result of the learner’s interaction with the
environment”
• “the relatively permanent change in a person’s knowledge or behavior due to
experience”
• “an enduring change in behavior, or in the capacity to behave in a given
fashion, which results from practice or other forms of experience
,Learning about theories
• Learning is any relatively durable change in behaviour or knowledge
that is due to experience
• Models of psychology explain how individuals learn and how
information is comprehended and retained.
, Main theories in learning
• Behaviorism
• Social Learning Theory
Chapter 6
,Learning about theories
• What is learning:
• “a persisting change in human performance or performance potential . . .
(brought) about as a result of the learner’s interaction with the
environment”
• “the relatively permanent change in a person’s knowledge or behavior due to
experience”
• “an enduring change in behavior, or in the capacity to behave in a given
fashion, which results from practice or other forms of experience
,Learning about theories
• Learning is any relatively durable change in behaviour or knowledge
that is due to experience
• Models of psychology explain how individuals learn and how
information is comprehended and retained.
, Main theories in learning
• Behaviorism
• Social Learning Theory
