This document summarizes several behaviorist theories of learning. It discusses Pavlov's classical conditioning experiments with dogs, Skinner's operant conditioning principles of reinforcement and punishment, and Bandura's social learning theory which found that people learn through observation and modeling behaviors. The document also provides examples of how these theories can be applied in classroom settings through techniques like rewarding correct answers and withholding rewards for incorrect responses. Overall, it presents an overview of the key concepts and scientists in behaviorist explanations of learning.

1. By: Katlyn

2.  “The prediction and
control of human
behavior in which
introspection and/or
independent thinking
play no essential part
of its teaching
methods.”
-Shelly, Gunter

3.  Skinner believed that
people should focus on
the observable causes
of behavior and focus
less on the internal
wiring; Operant
Conditioning.
 The result of the theory
can be one of two
things, an increase in a
behavior or a decrease
in behavior due to the
consequences faced
when performing a
certain activity.

4.  Pavlov completed an
experiment that taught
dogs to associate the
ringing of a bell with
food causing the dogs
to salivate.
 The result of this
experiment was every
time Pavlov rang the bell
the dogs would salivate
whether they were
receiving food or not.
 He believed in learning
by association.

5.  Bandura believed
that a person learns
from the people
around them.
 He believed that
humans learn by
observing, modeling,
or imitating and
seeing the outcome
of others actions.

6.  When a baby is born they
have a clean slate with no
experience to base their
actions on, they only
imitate what they see
around them.
 Behaviorist believe that
people and animals react
to a stimulus based on their
past experiences,
observations, or thoughts.
 They also believe that
behavior can be explained
without investigating the
brain.

7.  In this theory the teacher
acts as the stimulus and
the reactant.
 The teacher will teach
lessons and reinforce
good behavior with
praise, gold stars, candy,
etc.
 The teacher will fend off
the bad behavior or
wrong answers by with
holding the rewards or
taking something of
value away such as
recess.

8.  The student acts as the
reactor in this theory.
 When the students are
taught the lesson and
absorb and recall the
lesson for a test they
receive a positive or
negative consequence
depending on their
answer.
 The negative
consequence will teach
the students not to do
what they did and the
positive consequence
will reinforce their action.

9. •Ibelieve that behaviorism is
a wonderful theory that
holds a lot of truth. I hold
this theory higher than the
rest because I find it to be
the most accurate.
•In order to teach a dog to
do tricks you need to
reward him when he is
doing the right thing and
hold the treat from him
when he is not.
• As a future educator I will
be using this technique to
aid in the process of
teaching students and
making sure that they
understand what is and is
not correct.
•An example of a
behaviorist approach
would be: two students
have a test, one studies the
review all week and gets in
study groups, the other
procrastinates and crams
the morning of the test. The
student who studied got a
100% and received a
coupon for a free ice
cream in the cafeteria. The
student who waited got a
55% on the test and
received no coupons.

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