1. Behaviorism: Its all in the action
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Jen, Linda, Melissa, Moriah, Pam

2. Participant Directions
In order to learn about the behaviorist theory you will follow this PowerPoint presentation, answering the questions with 100% accuracy.
Answer the questions as you go,and take the quiz at the end.

3. Behaviorist Theory Definition
Scientists who studied the behaviorist theory
Key concepts
Classroom examples
Advantages/disadvantages

4. Advantages and Disadvantages of the behaviorist theory
Shapes behavior quickly (example 1A)
The learner adapts to the environment
( example 2A)
Behavior can be measured (example 3A)
Disadvantages
Internalized reasoning may not be an outcome(example 1D)
The learner adapts to a poor environment
(example 2D)
Behavior measured may not be a true picture of understanding(example 3D)

5. Example of Advantage and Disadvantage 1
Shapes behavior quickly:
Every time a student would arrive to class on time the teacher would give the student (on time points.) These points could be used to purchase a watch from the school store.
Behavior is not internalized:
A student may act respectful but not feel respect towards a teacher.

6. Example of Advantage and Disadvantage 2
The learner adapts to the environment
The class has been trained to write a half page every day. They are reinforced with a smiley sticker
The learner adapts to a poor environment
A student adapts to a classroom where the other students’ behaviors are negative and destructive to the learning environment.

7. Example Advantage and Disadvantage 3
Behavior can be measured
Students can take tests to measure whether they can answer the questions correctly.
Behavior measured may not be a true picture of understanding
Taking a true or false test with the assurance of retaking it until the student gets it right can lead to guessing for the correct answers.

8. Quiz Advantages/Disadvantages
A disadvantage to the behaviorist theory is that students can learn behaviors quickly.
True / False
An advantage to the behaviorist theory is: All students learn the best using this theory.

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10. Correct move on to the next question

11. Correct! Ready to learn more?

12. Who are the Behaviorists?
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Ivan Pavlov
John Watson
B.F. Skinner

13. You too can be trained!
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14. Who are these Behaviorists?
Ivan Pavlov
Pavlov wanted to see if external stimuli could affect the salivation process
he rang a bell at the same time he gave the experimental dogs food.
After a while, the dogs -- which before only salivated when they saw and ate their food -- would begin to salivate when the bell rang, even if no food were present.
In 1903 he published his results calling this a "conditioned reflex,"different from an innate reflex, such as yanking a hand back from a flame, in that it had to be learned.
Pavlov called this learning process “conditioning”
He thought that conditioned reflexes could explain the behavior of people.
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15. Who are these Behaviorists?
John Watson
Watson was inspired by Pavlov
He studied the behavior of children and concluded that humans were simply more complicated than animals but operated on the same principles.
All animals, he believed, were extremely complex machines that responded to situations according to their "wiring," or nerve pathways that were conditioned by experience.
In 1913, he published an article outlining his ideas
disagreed with Freud
dismissed heredity as a significant factor in shaping human behavior.
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16. Who are these Behaviorists?
He used operant conditioning
the rewarding of a partial behavior or a random act that approaches the desired behavior.
Skinner believed other all complicated tasks could be broken down and taught.
He developed machines so students could learn bit by bit, uncovering answers for an immediate "reward."
B.F. Skinner
Skinner developed behavioral studies of rats that automatically reward behavior.
He wrote The Behavior of Organisms and began his novel Walden II, about a commune where behaviorist principles created a new kind of utopia.
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17. Quiz Yourself on the Behaviorists!
1. Pavlov began his studies by
a. Seeing if children liked cookies
b. Teaching dogs to salivate at the ring of a bell
c. Developing a theory on behaviorism
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18. Quiz Yourself on the Behaviorists!
2. Watson felt that
a. Heredity was important in shaping human behavior.
b. Animals responded to situations according to their conditioned experience.
c. That Freud had all the answers
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19. Quiz Yourself on the Behaviorists!
1. Skinner used _____ to teach a behavior
a. stimulous
b. pidgeons
c. operant conditioning
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20. You need to go back and read again!
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You need to go back and read again!
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21. Great!
You get an “A”
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22. Key Concepts Classical Conditioning
Stimulus-Response
Action causes response
The bell rings to start class and all students quiet down and focus attention on the teacher.

23. Key Concepts cont. Operant Conditioning Stimulus-Response-Reinforcer :
Specific action causes a desired response when reinforced
Students work very hard on mastering their times tables and teacher gives free pass to skip the math homework for that night.

24. Quiz Time! Pick the best answer to that describes each term:
Mrs. Smith flashes the lights to get her students attention. The students immediately stop what they are doing and look her way
A. Operant Conditioning
B. Classical Conditioning

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27. QUIZ TIME!
Mr. Lee gives his students a free choice of how they will complete their reading assignment after they have completed the read-aloud portion as a whole class and behaved very well.
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning

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30. Behavior what?
Think back to your Language Arts days--what is the main word here in behaviorism?

31. Choose the base word:
havior
behavior
ism be

32. Great! You chose the part of the word of behaviorism
That sums up its definition. The concept of behaviorism
Is identifying, encouraging, and measuring behavior’s
Exhibited by a person or animal.
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More detailed definition?
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33. “ism”
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Need to concentrate on. Choose again.

34. “be”
This part of the word behaviorism doesn’t quite get to the
Core of the word. Please choose again.

35. “Havior”
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36. Internet Web Sites:
Click here if you like to take quizzes
To learn definitions.
Click here to read information about John Watson,
Who is believed to be the “Father of Behaviorism”
Click here to read a detailed definition of
Behaviorism from the Stanford Encyclopedia
Of Philosophy.

37. Behavior Modification
Here is a series of steps that a “behaviorist” might
Use to get a person to change their behavior.
1. Choose a behavior goal for a particular person.
2. Determine what motivates this particular person.
3. Break the behavior down into several small steps.
4. Implement these steps and record the results.
5. Evaluate the progress and revise the steps as needed.

38. Congratulations! You now have a preliminary
Understanding of what “behaviorism” means.
Please click here to read about key
Concepts of Behaviorism.
Please click here to learn about the people who
Promoted behaviorism.
Please click here to see examples of
Behaviorism used in a school classroom setting.
Please click here to read advantages and
Disadvantages of the behaviorist approach.

39. Examples of Behaviorism in the Classroom
The Computer Lab
Reading
Math
Final Quiz

40. The Computer Lab Memorization of computer terms and parts
Use of computer programs with automated positive/negative feedback

41. Math Recall facts for immediate reward (drill)
Memorization by repetition

42. Reading Using flash cards to memorize sight words
Writing spelling words repeatedly

43. Which of the following is NOT an example of Behaviorism in the classroom?
Use of computer programs with automated positive/negative feedback
Using phonics to sound out words
Writing spelling words repeatedly
Recall facts for immediate reward (drill)

44. You're right!
Using phonics to sound out words is an application of prior knowledge to decode new material. This is not a conditioned response.

45. Try again! Remember...
Behaviorism often incorporates conditioned responses, which may be learned through memorization, repetition, or automatic feedback.