PowerPoint presentation about Behaviorism.

1. Katelyn
Anna
Phillip
David
Alana

2.  Behaviorism is a worldview that assumes a
learner is essentially passive, responding to
environmental stimuli (learning-theories.com).
 The behaviorist recognizes no dividing line
between man and animal – both learn to
behave solely through a system of positive
and negative rewards (Integrating Technology
and Digital Media in the Classroom
Textbook).
 Came about during modernism.

3.  Pavlov is most well known for
his study where he worked with
the salivating dog.
• Pavlov trained a dog to salivate on
command by ringing a bell every time
he would feed it.
• This process began to be called
classic conditioning.
• Researchers began studying his work
as an example of stimulus response
and believed it had human
applications.

4.  Known for describing a type of
conditioning called operant
conditioning.
• Skinner noticed that reinforcement
was a strong motivator.
• He conducted experiments with
pigeons and rewarded them when
he saw them behaving in a desired
manner (Integrating Technology and
Digital Media in the Classroom
Textbook).
• B.F. Skinner is also known for
developing Radical Behaviorism.

5.  Most well known for his ideas on
social learning, which he renamed
Social Cognitive Theory.
• He believed that people would acquire
behaviors through the observation of
others which they would then imitate.
 This is known as observational modeling.
• Bandura began to consider a person’s
ability to retain information through
images in the mind, called imagery
(Textbook).
 Eventually joined the position and became
known as the father of the cognitivists.

6.  Teachers can use this theory to positively
reward students who answer questions
correctly. This can be done in whatever way
the teacher sees fit.
 They do not have to punish students who
answer incorrectly.
 Teachers can use overhead projectors or
SmartBoards to show students how to do
problems. This way, students can follow along
and imitate what their teacher does.
• The teacher can also locate a problem, if there is one.

7.  The students can follow the teacher’s
direction, who is using either an overhead
projector or SmartBoard, and imitate what
they see.
• This may be best used in a mathematics
classroom.
 Students can be rewarded with things as
simple as stickers for answering questions
correctly.

8.  This theory has been in use for years now.
The grading scale is essentially a reward
for positive results.
• An “A” is what everyone strives for, and they are
given one when they achieve the desired results
of the teacher.
 It is definitely not a bad teaching theory, as
it does tend to get results out of students.

9.  Text
• Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the
Classroom (Sixth Edition)
• Learning-Theories.com/Behaviorism.html
• Learning-Theories.com/classical-conditioning-pavlov.html#more-
40
 Graphics
• http://www.nndb.com/people/656/000087395/pavlov-1-
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• http://www.cognitivedesignsolutions.com/images/BFSkinner
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• http://stud.sisekaitse.ee/Teppan/Opiteooriad/graw_bandura.
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