LEARNING

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lovely chouksey
Arun george
Ashok yadav
Rajesh joshi
manu .s.s
Definition
“ The process of acquiring the ability to respond in given
situation which may or may not have been previously faced”

Or

“ The process of acquiring insight into a situation”

Characteristics of Learning
• Change in Behavior

• Permanent Change

• In the form of practice or experience

• Attached for learning

Components of Learning process
• Drive

• Stimuli

• Response

• Reinforcement

• Retention
 Theories of Learning
• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Social Conditioning

• Social Cognitive Theory

Classical Conditioning
 Classical Conditioning

“Classical conditioning states that behavior is

learned by repetition”

----- Ivan Pavlov

 Model for Classical theory
Before Conditioning
Unconditioned
Unconditioned
Stimulus
Response
[Meat]
[Salivation]
• During Conditioning
Conditioned Unconditioned
Stimulus Response
[Bell] [Not Salivate]

Conditioned Unconditioned
Stimulus Response
[Meat + Bell] [Salivation]
Significance of classical Conditioned theory

• Understand human behavior

• Trace the exact cause of certain behavior

• Reinforcement- higher-order conditioned

• Suitable for manufacturing plant

Limitations
• Explain reflexive behavior

• Used only on work settings

• Human behavior cannot be explained by classical

conditioning alone
2. Operant Conditioning or
Reinforcement Theory
“Operant conditioning is defined as behavior that produces
effects voluntary behavior are called “Operant's”

--- B.F Skinner

 Basic principles of learning

1. Important events in the situation

2. Behavioral response to the situation

3. Consequences of the response

 Significance of Operant Conditioning

• Most OB’s are learned, controlled, and altered by

consequences

• Reinforcement and behavior modification

• Great impact on human

Strategies for OB Behavior modification

Positive reinforcement

Negative reinforcement

punishment

Extinction
3. Social Learning Theory
“Individual can also learn by observing
what happens to other people as well as
direct experiences”
Processes of influence on Individual
Process Process
Retention
Reinforcement

Attention
Motor reproduction
Process
Process
Social Cognitive Theory
 “Extension of learning and modifying
behavior by giving more attention to the
self regulatory mechanism”
 Dimensions of Social Cognitive Theory

• Symbolizing

• Forethought

• Vicarious Learning

• Self Control Learning

• Self Efficiency
Guidelines for using Social Cognitive Theory

• Identify the behaviors that leads to improve

performances

• Provide positive consequences to the employees who

perform as expected
Thank you