Behaviorism

What is behaviorism?

• creating associations and creating a knowledge set useful for living.

• focuses on the idea that are learners learn through interaction with the environment.

• how humans process and store information was very important in the process of learning.

• focuses on how learners construct their own meaning

Which one is NOT a Behaviourist?

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F.Skinner

• Carls Rogers

• Edward Thorndike

Reinforcement and punishment are most commonly associated with...

• operant conditioning

• classical conditioning

• Both

• None of the above

Teacher Nurin praises her students with encouraging words such as "Good job!" and gives her students stickers as rewards. What kind of reinforcement has been applied in her classroom?

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

What is Classical Conditioning?

• Explanations of learning that focus on external events as the cause of changes in behavior, either positive or negative

• Process through which experience cause permanent change in knowledge or behavior

• The association of automatic response with new stimuli

• Process which strengthens behavior by presenting a desired stimulus after the behavior

These are ways for you as a future teacher to develop a positive attitude in your students, except

• Create a positive learning space for your student

• Help your student visualize positive outcomes for all scenarios

• Eliminate negative talk

• Giving punishment to students

Learning through taking away something I don't want is called...

• positive reinforcement

• punishment

• negative reinforcement

What theorist became famous for his behaviorism on dogs?

• • B.F. Skinner

• • Albert Bandura

• • Ivan Pavlov

• Thorndike

A second-grade student loses 1 minute of recess every time she breaks a classroom rule. Eventually, the student stops breaking the classroom rules. This is an example of ____

• Positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive punishment

• Negative punishment

You are trying to train your dog not to jump on guests when they walk into your home.  You buy a zap collar at the store, which has a remote that will shock the dog when you push a button.  Every time your dog jumps on a person, you push the button, and the dog gets an electric shock.  Which scientist’s experiments are you most closely replicating?

• Pavlov

• Skinner

• Watson

• Thorndike