Behaviourism

Proponent of Operant Conditioning

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner

Proponent of Classical Conditioning

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner

Apply an unpleasant stimulus

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Punishment

Provide a reward

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Punishment

Remove an unpleasant stimulus

• Positive Reinforcement

• Negative Reinforcement

• Punishment

According to behaviourists, language is acquired through imitation, repetition and reinforcement.

• True

• False

Children do not make grammatical errors when they imitate adults.

• True

• False

According to behaviourists, children learn to speak like adults because they are praised, rewarded, or otherwise reinforced when they use the right forms and are corrected when they use wrong forms.

• True

• False