This paradigm originated in the early twentieth century and its founder was JB Watson. According to a behaviorist paradigm he had to forget about the study of consciousness and unobservable mental processes and appoint the observable behavior processes as the subject, using objective methods for study, such as observation and experimentation.
Teaching is a form of condition training in order to learn - store, ignoring the deeper aspects of learning and reinforcing centered pedagogy observable behaviors and programming is the facilitator of this training tool. The behaviorists give little thought to the feelings and values in the process of human learning.
According to behaviorist point of view any behavior can be learned, because the influence of psychological and individual differences is minimal. The basic criteria is to properly identify the determinants of behaviors that is required to be taught and effective use of techniques and programs that make it possible to reach the goals.
For a behaviorist relationships in education - learning - development are three synonymous concepts of equal importance. Development is quantitative and depends on external stimuli; the individual is a passive, reactive, reproductive being, which does not produce …show more content…
In many cases, however, any entity outside ourselves asks us to act in a certain way, or even only expects us to do and we accept it or know these are typical of the educational activity. Requested behaviors are the modern behaviors distinguished from natural behaviors occurring in every individual. Reflective behavior, in turn, is not included in the operant behavior, which is operating on the environment. Skinner somehow lets a certain shade of naturalness when he says that no one has to ask how a baby is encouraged; it explores everything that is within reach, unless strengths and limitations have repressed their