Behaviorism in Education Instructional Objectives: 1.Understand the difference between operant & classical conditioning 2.Be able to identify the differences between negative and positive reinforcement 3.Be able to apply the principles of behaviorist theory to the classroom
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Behaviorism inEducation
Instructional Objectives:
1.Understand the difference between operant & classical conditioning
2.Be able to identify the differences between negative and positive
reinforcement
3.Be able to apply the principles of behaviorist theory to the classroom
Goals
The purpose here is to view the things that organisms
do as part of their behavior. Actually the main goal is
to identify the complex mechanisms that guide a
behavior.
Definition
Behaviorism is a learning theory that only focuses on
objectively observable behaviors and discounts any independent
activities of the mind. Behavior theorists define learning as
nothing more than the acquisition of new behavior based on
environmental conditions.
Classical conditioning Operant conditioning
Involuntary Behaviors A form of learning in which
A new, involuntary response a response increases in
is acquired as a result of frequency as a result
two stimuli being of being followed by
presented at the same time reinforcement or punishment
Two Types of Learning
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DISH KEEP HEAD HAND TEN DICE PHONE
DISH EYE FRANCE ICE FRIEND CLAP BILL
DISH LAST MIND PARK WORD CAN DISH CAN
BUT DISH PHONE CAN MARK FIRST CAN
CRAB BEAT CAN TOP PHONE CAN THEN
DAY CAN RAIN DISH CAN CLUB DRESS SOFT
DISH CAN FALL CALL STAB CAN DISH
PHONE WORD CAN CRAB MARK BILL CAN
DISH RUG DRESS CAN GREASE CLUB CAN
MIND PARK PHONE CAN KEEP ICE FRIEND
CAN KEEP PHONE DISH CAN FRIEND HAND
Classical Conditioning
Classical conditioning deals with reflexes,
or responses that are evoked from a specific stimulus. People can be
trained to perform a certain task or response by providing some sort of
trigger, which may be a sound, picture, phrase, etc.