Level O Behavior: Turn one doorknob
Learning: learn about one event in one context
Level 1 Behavior: Turn all doorknobs
Learning: Generalize (learn unconsciously what makes up a set across contexts
and be able to operate based on that learning)
Level 2 Behavior: Turn doorknobs, push swing doors; create new kinds of
doorknobs
Learning: Discriminate (learn unconsciously the characteristics of one set
versus another); be able to articulate the rules of a set and generate new
examples
Level 3 Behavior: Teach people how to distinguish between doorknobs and
swinging doors; create new methods for getting people through doors
Learning: Consciously describe discrimination; generate a new set based on
Level 2 rules
You can think of each level as a "territory" of skills and the level above as a
"map" of the skill set below. Therefore, as you move up to the next level, you
have conscious access to the level below and unconscious access to a new set of
skills.
I welcome comments!
Marilyn Darling
mdarling@warren.med.harvard.edu