Skinner's Theory Of Early Childhood

The endless possibilities related to the enjoyable love feeling. The actions and feelings were grown through age. The child did not immediately understand what was going on in the body, but as the child watched and learned he or she saw the different feelings each individual professed. I believe it was the beauty of nature and life that provided these children with the learning ability they grasp as they grew. The theories Watson explained showed that children do not necessarily know everything when they were born, but they were not lifeless. They did have something going on in the brain once they entered into the world. The beauty of the birth of a child was just one of the many miracles we got to experience in the world. Skinner’s believed that people learned through verbal and imitation. The child watched what the parents did and mimicked what the saw. They were not mimicking the parents for the fun of it, but they were learning. I felt this was why it was very important to parents to always set a good example for his or her child because that innocent child was always watching exactly what the parents were doing. Another theory he believed was verbal. He …show more content…
Schachtel’s theory on educating children explained many parent’s guidance today. A child needed to learn what something was and how it worked. He explained that if a child shows interest in something, in this case, a dog, then the parent would need to explain what the dog does and how it acts. The parent should not simply say it was a dog and that was it, but to take the child to the animal and explain more in depth about the creature. The child wandered around as they learned to walk and run. They were curious about several interesting objects. Learning was all about feeling, seeing, and tasting. It was best to steer the child in the right direction by guiding them to understand all the objects around