ABSTRACT
Throughout each person's life, learning experiences provide a potent source of stimulation. Thus, infants learn to eat with a spoon; school children learn the three R's; and adults learn the requirements of a job. This chapter is concerned with the systematic modes of instruction that arc designed to produce environments that mold or shape behavior to satisfy stated objectives. In this sense, training can be defined as the systematic acquisition of skills, rules, concepts, or attitudes that results in improved performance in another environment. Thus, the school environment is designed to enable the primary school child to read books in the home, and the dental student to repair caries in the office. Similarly, training programs are planned to produce a more considerate supervisor or a more competent electronics technician in the working environment.
