2. Behaviorism Menu
What? Who?
How? In my classroom
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3. What is Behaviorism?
•Our physical actions are learned
behaviors
•Behaviors can be acquired and
changed.
•No internal cognitive processing of
information
-learning is purely scientific
•Stimulus-Response Principle
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4. What is Behaviorism?
Behaviors are results of external
stimuli:
• Positive/negative
reinforcement
• Classic conditioning
-focuses on involuntary behaviors
• Operant Conditioning
-focuses on voluntary behaviors
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5. Ivan Pavlov
• 1904 Nobel Prize winner
• Greatly influenced psychology
• Famous for behavioral experiments
with dogs
• Used classic conditioning
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6. Ivan Pavlov
1. Brought food to dogs (stimulus)
2. Food resulted in salivation (reflex)
3. Rang bell when reflex was achieved
Results:
• Dogs associated the bell with food
• Salivated when bell was rung
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7. Reinforcement in the
Classroom
Teachers use reinforcement to
encourage certain behaviors
Positive reinforcement
• Uses pleasant stimulus (reward)
• Should be used more often than
negative reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
• Uses unpleasant stimulus
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8. Reinforcement in the
Classroom
Benefit of positive reinforcement
• Gives students positive goals to
work towards
Too much negative reinforcement
is discouraging
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9. In my classroom
I will use positive and negative
reinforcement.
Examples:
• Praise students for nice
behavior
• Punish students for
misbehaving
• Praise students for good grade
-provide detailed feedback
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10. In my classroom
Compliment a student’s behavior
in front of the classroom
• Encourages student to repeat
behavior
• Encourages other students to
mimic behavior
Students seek approval from
teacher
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