The purpose of this essay is to show how the learning perspective is currently being used in the field of Science, discusses the effectiveness of these learning approaches and alternatives uses in the given field. The three basic types of learning theory includes behaviorist, cognitive constructivist, and social constructivist. The behaviorist view assumes that all learning is learnt from the environment and that learning is a passive absorption of a predefined body of knowledge by the learner. This is promoted by repetition and positive reinforcement. According to B.F Skinner’s theory, positive reinforcement is defined as a presented stimuli that works to increase or strengthen the probability increase that operates in a condition used when a response occurs; he is the founder of operant conditioning.
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According to Saul McLeod (2011, updated 2016) Albert Bandura supported the behaviorist theory however, he included the mediating processes that occurs between the stimuli and responses and that behavior is learnt through observational learning. Bandura believes that people are information processors and therefore, thinks about the relationship between the behavior and its consequences. This approach asserts that people are influenced by significant others in their life. For example, a person may look up to a parent and want to be like that parent based on what he observed. That parent can be a doctor or a drug dealer. The child may believe that power is important and money is an important factor in having power; this may be inferred by the lifestyle of his “drug dealer” parent and the way people treat this parent or how the parent treat people. This approach embraces both internal and external factors. For example, journaling can be very important in this
In the field of Science the …show more content…
According to Saul McLeod (2011, updated 2016) Albert Bandura supported the behaviorist theory however, he included the mediating processes that occurs between the stimuli and responses and that behavior is learnt through observational learning. Bandura believes that people are information processors and therefore, thinks about the relationship between the behavior and its consequences. This approach asserts that people are influenced by significant others in their life. For example, a person may look up to a parent and want to be like that parent based on what he observed. That parent can be a doctor or a drug dealer. The child may believe that power is important and money is an important factor in having power; this may be inferred by the lifestyle of his “drug dealer” parent and the way people treat this parent or how the parent treat people. This approach embraces both internal and external factors. For example, journaling can be very important in this