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This chapter discusses the nature of learning. Topics covered include: how a boy learns to drive a car; essential factors in learning; how some children learn to dance; the prevalence of informal learnings in living; the occasion of formal learnings; new agencies for informal learnings; the learning process; inborn tendencies and learned responses; laws controlling learning; other factors involved in the learning process; the number of learning responses in a given situation; the stream of learning; and kinds of learnings. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)