Behaviorism focuses on observable behaviors and responses to stimuli, viewing learning as the acquisition of new behaviors through conditioning rather than internal mental processes. The behaviorist approach uses concepts like classical and operant conditioning to shape behaviors through reinforcement and punishment. Typical classroom instruction aligned with behaviorism includes practices like rote memorization, drill/practice, and token economies to elicit desired academic and behavioral responses from students.

1. By: Marsan Melanie, Safadi
Gabrielle, Tilley Margarett, Schmidt
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2.  According to behaviorism, knowing is giving the correct response when exposed
to a particular stimulus. The behaviorist is not concerned with how or why
knowledge is obtained, but rather if the correct response is given. Yu Ching
Chen’s web site on behaviorism states that, “Learning is defined as nothing
more than the acquisition of new behavior”.
In terms of the concept of learning
 -the process tends to be passive with regard to the behaviorist theory.
 -The learner uses low level processing skills to understand material and
the material is often isolated from real-world contexts or situations
 -Little responsibility is placed on the learner concerning his/her own
education.

3. Typical classroom instruction consistent
-the behaviorist theory includes; classroom management, rote memorization, and drill and practice.
Example 1
is using a token system to reinforce positive academic performance and student behavior. A classroom
application of using drill and practice includes computer software, such as Math Blaster’s. These types
of software provide positive and negative reinforcements for answering math problems correctly or
incorrectly.
Example 2
highlighting the behaviorist theory is rote memorization. Rote memorization may include memorizing
addition or multiplication facts or memorizing state capitals.
Approach
understanding basic skills and core subject knowledge. The approach of using
positive and negative reinforcements to elicit desired behaviors of students is also
useful in establishing and maintaining classroom management.

4. Albert Bandura suggested that environment causes behavior but behavior
causes environment as well. This was called reciprocal determinism.
He saw personality as an interaction among 3 thing:
The environment
Behavior
Person’s psychological processes.
Bandura’s modeling steps
Attention
Retention- remember what you paid attention to
Reproduction- reproduce the translated images and descriptions
into actual behavior
Motivation-
Self- regulation- controlling our own behavior. Links to self-
observation, judgement, and self-response.

5.  He emphasized external behavior of people
and their reactions on given situations rather
than internal.

6.  Condition reflex- conditioning involves
presentations of neutral stimulus along with a
stimulus of some significance, the
“unconditional stimulus”

7.  Theory- Radical behavior seeks to understand
the behavior as a function of environmental
histories of reinforcing consequences.
Reinforcement is the central concept in
Behaviorism.

8.  Behaviorist approach is based on these
assumptions:
-Psychology should be seen as a science
-Behaviorist’s primary concern is observable
behavior therefore research and experiments
can take place.
-All behavior is the result of a stimulus-
response.
-All behavior is learned from the environment.

9. Behaviorism is a theory based upon the idea that
all behaviors are acquired through
conditioning.
2 types of conditioning:
Classical conditioning
Operant conditioning

10. Classical conditioning- a naturally occurring stimulus is
paired with a response. Next, a neutral stimulus is
paired with the naturally occurring stimulus. In the
end, the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the response
without the naturally occurring stimulus. The results
are then the conditioned stimulus and the conditioned
results.

11. Operant conditioning- is a method that occurs
through rewards and punishments for
behavior. Through this conditioning, an
association is made between a behavior and a
consequence.
Through operant conditioning Skinner found
that positive reinforcement strengthens a
behavior and punishment weakens the
likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

12. https://www.msu.edu/~purcelll/behaviorism%
20theory.htm?pagewanted=all
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/bandura.html