Plain English Meaning

Learning is divided into three areas: what you know, how you feel about it, and what you can do with your hands and body. Good pilot training covers all three.

Full Definition

The three broad categories that describe what and how humans learn: the cognitive domain (knowledge and thinking), the affective domain (attitudes, feelings, and values), and the psychomotor domain (physical skills and coordinated movement). In aviation training, instructors plan and assess learning across all three domains, because flying requires knowing, judging, and doing.

Context Anchor

Seen in instructor training, lesson planning, student evaluation, and discussions of how pilots learn.