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Generic Definition of Learning: a. A three stage process of making choices that result in meeting a standard of behavior that someone else established. b. Sequential trial-and-error random behavior until adopting, adapting, and maintaining a new behavior pattern that others call appropriate for the conditions. c. Transactions (exchanges) that result in one or more changed behavior patterns for managing a problem. d. Social code breaking and management. e. A survival mechanism; solving a problem in a way that benefits the learner. No way other than by observing a change in a behavior pattern exists to identify learning.
Operational Definition of Learning: a. Exchanges of time, effort, and other personal resources to adopt, adapt, and manage behavior patterns that resolve problems. b. Changes of observed behavior patterns of an individual that other people accept or that meet another standard. No way other than by observing a change in of behavior pattern exists to identify learning. |