Behaviourism Theories of Learning

Which of the following is part of the definition of learning?

• Change in behavior

• Disrupting others

• transformative process of taking in information

• Acquiring knowledge and skills

A pupil is late for class four days in a row, the teacher says he will be in detention after school for every day he has been late. Which conditioning is this?

• Classical

• Operant

The whole class received a chocolate bar for getting over 70% in the exam. Which conditioning is this?

• Operant

• Classical

According to __________, behaviour is a learned response reinforced by the consequences resulting from that behaviour.

• John B. Watson

• B. F. Skinner

• Ivan Pavlov

• Lev Vygotsky

A primary school teacher uses snakes and ladder reward chart. Students will go up the ladder if they are well behaved and down the snake if they are badly behaved. Which reinforcement is this?

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive reinforcement

• Both of the above

• None of the above

What theorist became famous for his behaviorism on dogs?

• B. F. Skinner

• John B. Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

• Albert Bandura

A teacher rings a bell when she wants the class to stop talking. This is operant conditioning.

• False

• True

What did B. F. Skinner use to condition his subjects to behave in a certain way?

• Classical Conditioning

• Operant Conditioning

• Behaviorist Conditioner

• Behaviorsm Conditioning

A method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments for behavior.

• Operant Conditioning

• Classical Conditioning

It occurs when a conditioned stimulus (CS) is paired with an unconditioned stimulus (US).

• Operant conditioning

• Classical Conditioning