This document summarizes key concepts in behaviorism and its applications in education. It discusses Ivan Pavlov's classical conditioning experiments with dogs, B.F. Skinner's operant conditioning work with animals, and Albert Bandura's social learning theory and observational modeling. The document also provides examples of how behaviorist principles can be applied in classrooms, such as rewarding positive student behaviors and having teachers serve as models for tasks to encourage learning through observation.
2. Behaviorism Defined Behaviorism is the prediction and control of human behavior in which introspection and/or independent thinking play no essential part of its teaching methods. (Gary Shelly) (Rachael)
3. Ivan Pavlov Won Nobel Prize in Physiology 1904 Known for Pavlovโs Dog experiment's in which he rang a bell while feeding a dog eventually leading to the dog salivating upon just the bell ringing. His research lead to what is now known as Classical Conditioning (Rick London)
4. B.F. Skinner Known for his experiments in conditioning pigeons By training pigeons to respond to positive reinforcement he conditioned them to engage in complex task such as dancing and bowling. His work led to Operant Conditioning
5. Conditioning Explained Classical Conditioning refers to the natural reflex that occurs to the response to stimulus Operant Conditioning describes learning that is controlled and results in shaping behavior through the reinforcements of stimulus response patterns (Viklund)
6. Albert Bandura Known for continuing Skinnerโs work with Operant Conditioning Famous for Social Cognitive Theory the motivational factors and self-regulated mechanisms that contribute to a persons behavior. Bandura Believed that people acquired behaviors through observations of others. Observational Modeling is watching something and then mimicking the observed behavior, a Theory created by Bandura
