Creating An Environment For Student Learning Flashcards
Ivan Pavlov
One of the first behaviorist
Ivan Pavlov coined the term
Classical Conditioning
Classical Conditioning
program one stimulus to take over for another.
The teacher blows a whistle in the classroom
unconditioned stimulus
The students cover their ears in subsequently stop talking
Unconditioned response.
Couple the teachers hand raised (conditioned stimulus) with using the whistle for a period of time and eventually the students will cover their ears and stop talking (conditioned response) with only the teacher’s raised hand
Putting it together
Because children feel secure when they see a police officers uniform, they generalize that all uniforms make them feel safe.
Stimulus generalization
The children realize that not all uniformed people are like police officers.
Discrimination
The raised hand of the teacher no longer quiets the children.
Extinction
Developed by Skinner
emphasized the consequences of behavior
Operant conditioning
Two types of reinforcement exist:
Positive and negative
Operant conditioning
increases rate of response:
giving a piece of candy to a student when they raise their hand instead of talking out of turn
Positive reinforcement.
when stimulus is removed, the behavior strengthen:
a seat belt buzzer is an example of a negative reinforcement.
Negative reinforcement
Food and Warer,
affect behavior without having to be learned
Primary reinforcers
such as money acquire their power because of the primary reinforcers.
Generalized reinforcers
Schedules of reinforcement are associated with the classroom because students need proper reinforcement to continue certain positive behaviors.
Reinforcement in the classroom
Interval and Ratio
Two major categories
The time reinforcement is preset
Fixed Interval
As deadlines approach, student activity increases
Educational Implications of Fixed Interval
Time between reinforcement varies
Variable Interval
Steady activity results.
Educational Implications of Variable Interval
Reinforcement depends on a definite number of responses.
Fixed Ratio
After reinforcement, activity slows.
Educational Implications of Fixed Ratio
The number of responses needed for reinforcement varies
Variable Ratio