1. Created by: Kahley

2.  Definition – the prediction and control of
human behavior
 Two main types:
1. Classical Conditioning – natural response to
a stimulus
2. Operant Conditioning – Shaping behavior
through reinforcement
 Positive and negative reinforcement increase
the probability that the action will occur again

3.  Ivan Pavlov
 Used conditioning to teach dogs to salivate when
he rang a bell
 John B. Watson
 Conditioned an infant to be afraid of rats
 B.F. Skinner
 Taught pigeons to engage in complete tasks
 Card, Moran, Newell
 Discovered the GOMS Model
 Albert Bandura
 Focused on motivational factors and self-
regulatory mechanisms

6.  “…to promote behavior that is desirable and
discourage that which is not.”
 A few types of methods for teaching through
the behaviorist theory are contracts,
consequences, reinforcement and extinction
 Can be rewarding for both teachers and
students
 “They change behaviors to satisfy the desires
they have learned to value.”

7.  Positive Reinforcement:
 Rewards for correct answers
 Praise to student’s parents
 Selection for a special task
 Negative Reinforcement:
 Submitting all assignments on time results in lowest
grade dropped
 Perfect attendance = No Homework Pass
 Punishment:
 Students who fight are automatically sent to the
principal’s office
 Late assignments are given a “0”

8.  http://blog.lib.umn.edu/reife014/myblog2/pavl
ovs%20dog.gifdog - dog picture
 http://blog.wsd.net/jreeve/files/2010/06/beha
viorism1.jpg - rat picture
 http://www.learning-
theories.com/behaviorism.html - theorists
info
 http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?tit
le=Behaviorism - educational implications,
how to use in a classroom