1. Behaviorists
Module 13: Theorists and Educational
Research
Sabrina Holt

2. What is a behaviorist exactly?
O Also known as behavioral psychology, it is
the idea that all behaviors are taught
through conditioning techniques.
O The two my common types of conditioning
are:
O Classical Conditioning
O Operant conditioning

3. Classical Conditioning
O Taking a naturally occurring stimulus and
pairing it to a specific response.
O Mouth waters from eating salad with Italian
dressing, after enough times of eating the
salad with the Italian dressing, mouth waters
at sight of the dressing.
O The mouth watering while eating Italian dressing
is the natural stimulus
O The mouth watering is the conditioned stimulus
O The mouth watering while just looking at Italian
dressing is the conditioned response.

4. Operant Conditioning
O Also known as instrumental conditioning
O Behavior learned through rewards and
punishments, associations made between
praises and consequences.
O Child cries for candy bar at grocery store:
O If mother gives the child the candy bar to stop
the crying, the child associates crying with
reward
O The child will probably continue to cry for
desired items expecting the same result.

5. Famous Behaviorists
O B. F. Skinenr
O An operant conditioner
O Known for his Skinner Box
O Rats taught to feed themselves by using a
lever
O Ivan Pavlov
O A classical conditioner
O Was one of the first major influencers in the
psychological community towards
behaviorism
O Won a Nobel Prize in the early 20th century

6. Another Famous Behaviorist
O Albert Bandura
O An operant conditioner
O Thought people learn behavior through
observing others
O Mainly studied children
O Used a Bobo Doll in one of his
experiments

7. Works Cited
O http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioral
psychology/f/behaviorism.htm
O http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesof
majorthinkers/p/bio_bandura.htm
O http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesof
majorthinkers/p/pavlov.htm
O http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesof
majorthinkers/p/bio_skinner.htm

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