BEHAVIORISM

Briana, Rose, Gabriella

John B. Watson

B.F Skinner

BEHAVIORISM

Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and

my own specified world to bring them up in and I’ll

guarantee to take any one at random and train him

to become any type of specialist I might select --

doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even

beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents,

penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race

of his ancestors.

--John Watson, Behaviorism, 1930

KEY PEOPLE ASSOCIATED

John B. Watson coined the term “behaviorism

Watson believed that theorizing thoughts,

intentions or other subjective experiences was

unscientific

Behaviorism as a theory was primarily developed

by B. F. Skinner.

Who experimented more with operant

conditioning aspect

KEY POINTS

Originated from John B. Watson. he believed that man could be studied objectively like rats and apes.

It is more concerned with behavior rather than thinking feeling or knowing

B.F. Skinner developed the theory of "operant conditioning” He stands out as a great system builder & his greatest contribution was his description of effects on reinforcement on responses.

KEY POINTS CONT

Behaviorism is naturalistic. This means that the material world is the ultimate reality, and everything can be explained in terms of natural laws.

It teaches that we are not responsible for our actions. If we are mere machines, without minds or souls, reacting to stimuli and operating on our environment to attain certain ends, then anything we do is inevitable

KEY POINTS

Behaviorism is naturalistic. This means that the material world is the ultimate reality, and everything can be explained in terms of natural laws.

It teaches that we are not responsible for our actions. If we are mere machines, without minds or souls, reacting to stimuli and operating on our environment to attain certain ends, then anything we do is inevitable

THE POSITIVES

Positive Reinforcement can be used to encourage students to

succeed in the classroom.

This can come in many different forms such as rewards for

good behavior, encouragement when a correct answer is

given, or special privileges for those who have met certain

requirements.

-Not only does it encourage students to succeed but also

helps create more student interaction in the classroom and

encourages students to enjoy and feel happy about learning!

THE NEGATIVES

-Students who react to a negative stereotype to a certain

subject may project that on other subjects therefore causing

them to not do as well or have fear/anxiety about specific

subjects-

This can also apply to other school wide activities such as

classroom behavior, rules, and a student’s relationship with their

peers-if these behaviorism responses are negative they can

impair a students ability to learn and enjoy their schooling

experience

BEHAVIORISM IN MY CLASS

Behaviorism will be used in my classroom, I believe

it’s the oldest form of a learning theory in the book.

Especially dealing in Elementary education, any

child is more apt to learn and participate knowing he

or she will receive an award.

In upper level academics I do not believe

behaviorism should be used, it should be restricted

to Elementary .

CREDITS

-http://academics.rmu.edu/~tomei/

ed711psy/behave.htm

-http://aaustin82.edublogs.org/

2011/03/09/using-behaviorism-in-the-

classroom/