A powerpoint presentation created for EME 2040 web class.

1. By:
Angela Monroe

2. Menu
 What is Behaviorism?
 Father of Behaviorism
 The Classroom
 My Philosophy

3. What is Behaviorism?
 All behaviors are based on conditioning
 Classical Conditioning/Operant Conditioning
 Classical- Natural stimulus paired with response
 Operant- Reward and punishment based learning

4. What is Behaviorism? Cont’d.
 Famous Dog + Bell experiment
 Positive reinforcement- something good is added
 Negative reinforcement- something bad is removed

5. Father of Behaviorism
 John B. Watson: 1878 – 1958
 Started college at age of 16
 “Psychology was science of observable behavior”
 1913- Delivered most famous lecture on Behaviorism

6. Father of Behaviorism Cont’d
 Known for his “Little Albert” experiment
 Firm believer that practice strengthens learning
 Lent his knowledge to advertising companies
 Watson was the father of behaviorism/ B.F. Skinner
applied it to education

7. The Classroom
 Teacher must repeat concepts often
 Rewards condition students to behave well
 Teacher can incorporate tech games to practice
concepts
 Students absorb material better with multiple modes
of learning

8. The Classroom Cont’d
 Top 5 ways to facilitate behavioristic learning
 Give the learner immediate feedback
 Break task into small steps
 Repeat directions often
 Give work based on difficulty level
 Positive reinforcement is key

9. My Philosophy
 I agree that learning is based on practice
 There should always be positive reinforcement
 Technology can be used to reinforce both concepts and
good behavior
 Bad behavior can be modified with proper
reinforcement

10. My Philosophy Cont’d
 I don’t think teaching should be as impersonal as
behaviorism suggests
 Has potential to remove student individuality
 Can make students expect to be consistently rewarded
even when doing what is expected