Learning

Denis Beltran Paper #5
PSY 101.

LearningLearning is a relatively permanent change in behavior or knowledge due to experience. We are born with some behavior and knowledge, we acquire others automatically as we grow (through maturation), andwe learn still others. Some of our sayings, such as “once burned, twice shy” and “fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice shame on me,” reflect this vital learning process. In fact, learning plays acentral role in most aspects of human behavior. If you want to know who you are and how you became the person you are today, examining what and how you have learned is a good place to start.Individuals adapt to changes in the environment through the process of learning, which is the modification, through experience, of preexisting behavior and understanding. Cognitive process—how peoplerepresent, store and use information play an important role in learning. Learned helplessness appears to result when people believe that their behavior has no effect on the world. Both animals and humansdisplay latent learning. They also form cognitive maps of their environments, even in the absence of any reinforcement for doing so.
I believe that the learning process is something that lasts a lifetime;you never stop learning something new every day, from birth until the day we leave this material world. At different stages of our lives we learn things according to our age, at home, at school, evenin the street, which is where we learn about the harsh realities of life. Some things we learn for the good and some for the bad, but in the end it leaves us a lesson in life. We learn things bypunishment, as well as by the rewards, but it is usually better to learn by following good examples.
I was always very attentive and intelligent as to the learning, during my basic education, I always...