Gagné's hierarchy of learning

Robert M Gagne in his book Conditions of Learning developed a hierarchy of learning moving from simple stimulus response pairings to more complex forms of learning. He identified eight types of learning processes which he ordered in the following manner:

1) Signal learning 2) Stimulus- response learning 3) Chaining - this requires 1) and 2) 4) Verbal association 5) Discrimination learning - this requires processes 3) and 4) 6) Concept learning - this requires 5) 7) Rule learning - this require 6) 8) [[Problem solving - this require 7)