3. What?
• Based upon the belief that all behaviors are
learned
• All behaviors are actions
• People can be conditioned to behave certain
ways
• Used to help learn new behaviors and get rid
of unwanted ones
4. What?
• Most commonly used and researched in the
mid 20th century
• Believed that behaviors are not created
internally but externally by the environment
• Behaviorism is broken up into different levels
ranging from more external to more internal
– Methodological
– Psychological
– Analytical
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5. Who?
• In 1900 Ivan Pavlov was the first to study
reflex responses
• Then in 1913 John Watson published a book
called, “Psychologist as a Behaviorist Views It”
• In 1920, Watson and his assistant conducted
the “Little Albert” experiment.
• This experiment was conducted with a nine
month old baby.
6. Who?
• The baby was exposed to a bunny and a white
rat.
• Every time the child was exposed to the white
rat, Watson made a loud noise, causing the
child to cry.
• Eventually the child became conditioned to
cry when he was exposed to the white rat.
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7. How?
• Behaviors are created by exposing the
subjects to certain environmental factors
• These factors are designed to make the
subject react in a certain way
• After a while the subject relates an action with
a desired outcome.
9. My Classroom
• I will utilize behaviorism in my classroom
• Students will be given a clear set a rules and
consequences for breaking those rules
• I will be strict and always implement the
consequences when a rule is broken
• This will teach my students that certain
behaviors will not only not be accepted but
also punished.
10. My Classroom
• When the student is aware of a punishment,
they will learn to behave in a more desirable
way.
• They will associate the undesirable behavior
with a consequence
• Thereby learning to think before they act
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