1. BEHAVIORISMBy:Elyse H.Kristin S.Larana W.Michelle A.
2. KEY PEOPLE OF BEHAVIORISM John B. Watson (1878-1958) and B.
F. Skinner (1904-1990) are thetwo main creators and collaborators
of Behaviorism. John B. Watson- He was basically the pioneer for
Behaviorism becausehe pretty much invented it. Throughout his
studying at Columbia andJohns Hopkins he studied psychology and
this new theory was hisresults. This was his view of how human
behavior worked. He wroteseveral different books and articles on
the matter of Behaviorism. B.F. Skinner- He was a Harvard student
who studied psychology andengineering. He was very interested in
how people behaved and whythey acted the way that they did. This
led him to research and helpdevelop Behaviorism, which he also
wrote several books and articlesabout. 3. KEY POINTS OF BEHAVIORISM
Behaviorism is the theory that humanbehavior is observable and
responsiveto a stimulus Ivan Pavlov- the Father of Behaviorismand
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize inPhysiology During his studies and
experimentsPavlov discovered the concept ofClassical Conditioning.
ClassicalConditioning involves a stimulus andresponse. In his
experiment, Pavlovrang a bell while presenting somefood to is dog
(the stimulus) whichcaused him to salivate. Eventually,his dog
associated the sound of thebell as a stimulus and responded
bysalivating. 4. KEY POINTS CONTINUED BF Skinner developed the
theory of OperantConditioning which takes classical conditioning
toanother level. Operant Conditioning is the idea that people and
animalsrespond quickly to positive behavior. If a certainbehavior
results in a positive outcome the person/animalis more likely to
repeat this behavior. Albert Bandura developed a third theory based
onbehaviorism. This theory states people are naturally conditioned
tomimic viewed actions in their environment. If a young girl sees a
celebrity on the television with ahat turned to the side, if the
girl was to go and buy thishat or a hand of a similar style she
will most likely(subconsciously) turn her hat to the side also.
This is called the Social Learning Theory 5. CLASSROOM
APPLICATIONSo Teacher Administer drills to have the children repeat
Congratulate children for correct answer Repeat the information
Give rewards for good worko Student Play educational games Write
the same information over and over Do computer work that doesnt
move on until thecorrect answer is given Repeat what the teacher
says 6. WHAT WE THINK ABOUT THE THEORY FOR OUROWN TEACHING We agree
somewhat with the Behaviorism theory.Behaviorists believe that the
teaching should beteacher-centered and include a lot of lectures
andpresentations. We will do this, but we will alsoincorporate
other teaching and learning styles. Wealso like that good behavior
is rewarded. This willteach the children that they must behave. We
willimplement this into our classroom. 7.
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VIDEO:Pavlov Theory. (2011) Retrieved November 19, 2011
fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE8pFWP5QDM&feature=related.INFORMATION
for SLIDES:Shelly, Gary, Glenda Gunter, and Randolph Gunter.
Integrating Technology andDigital Media in the Classroom. Boston,
MA: Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.
