2. Key People
• John B. Watson
• Ivan Pavlov
• B.F. Skinner
• E.L Thorndike
• Bandura
• Tulman
3. Classical Conditioning
• Key People:
• Ivan Pavlov
• John B. Watson
– Pavlov would ring a bell and give dogs food. After
multiple times he would ring the bell without food
and the dogs would salivate. Associating the bell with
food.
– Watson related this conditioning to humans.
Introducing a baby to a fear of rats and concluded that
humans can be gain phobias from classical
conditioning.
5. Operant Conditioning
– Skinner
– Used to modify behavior, positive or negative
reinforcement is used to have subjects comply the
way the instructor wants. When reinforced the
behavior will either continue (positive) or end
(negative).
6.
7. Social Learning Theory
– Bandura
– Summarizes that people learn from each other.
“Reciprocal Determinism” peoples behaviors are
caused by the world and others behaviors.
– In between behaviorist and cognitive learning
theories.
– Attention, memory, and motivation
8. What the teacher does…
• Classical Conditioning
– Example: In secondary school when it is time to switch
classes a bell rings throughout the school. Without
thought students know that it is time to change classes.
They are conditioned.
• Operant Conditioning
– Example: As a teacher, I would offer rewards to students
who volunteered and in the future all student would
volunteer knowing that they will receive something. On
the other side when students act out in class and you call
home or send them to the principal, these negative
reinforcements prevent them from acting out again.
9. What the student does…
• Classical Conditioning
– When students get loud and I ring a bell they
know that they should quiet down.
• Social Learning Theory
– Students are surrounded by the same kids
everyday and they begin picking up habits and
traits from them.
10. What I think…
• This theory works well with my teaching
strategies.
• I believe that students are conditioned by
their surroundings. Everything that they grow
up doing shapes their lives.
