Radical behaviorism

In the teaching profession as an Integrated Science teacher, for the past six years, I must agree that students do learn differently. As teachers we must cater to their various learning styles or we will be faced with students who gets bored or those who stare at us in bewilderment and confusion over not being able to understand the lesson. If we consider this very important fact that not all our students are the same, then when planning and preparing as good teachers we will include…

Gina Green, PhD. is a prominent researcher in the area of applied behavior analysis (ABA). She received her doctoral degree in Psychology in 1986 from Utah State University. She is currently practicing and currently holds or has held significant positions for many groups, including being the President of ABAI. Most of the research I have read or have read about focuses on young children with autism. Dr. Green has written many articles and performed research in the area of stimulus equivalence…

There was more than one bad habit to choose from when I got this assignment, but in the end I’ve decided to eliminate the bad habit of picking my nose. As far as I can recall, I’ve had this bad habit since I was a little kid and there were times when my friends made fun of me or I made a social situation uncomfortable by picking my nose (it’s not as bad as it sounds now). However, I’ve gradually learned to control it but I was never able to eliminate it completely. As I’ve noticed, since I got…

Children often feel anxiety when attending school for the first time. Sebastian is a 5 year old boy from Puerto Rico. Sebastian started kindergarten and he is having difficulties following and obeying the classroom rules. Sebastian has not been diagnosed with any developmental disabilities or any medical conditions. Behavior analyst need to consider the clients demographic background when conducting a Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA). In order to establish and quantify Sebastian’s tantrums…

the same. For example: Pavlov discovered that even though the dogs are different when they saw the food they knew that is what they eat. This comes back to the thought that every person is different, but yet the same. John B. Watson also studied behaviorism. Watson did experiments as well to discover that. One of his experiments was that if an emergency siren goes off it will produces more fear than if it was just a regular test that happens once a month. Which once again goes back to the fact…

What is learning? Learning is the process of gaining new or adapting existing knowledge, skills, and behaviors. Learning is a continuous occurrence throughout our lifetime, as is science. Science is a state of knowing. Science is usually obtained through observation and experimentation. Learning has been a subject of many experiments involving people such as Ivan Pavlov, B.F skinner, john Watson and Edward Thorndike. These men are famous for studying an associative type of learning known as…

internal or external functions. Different between functionalism and behaviorism is that functionalism can be traced back to history unlike behaviorism. Functionalism stresses on mental processes, it state that mind and mental processes are extremely significant in creating an impact on human behavior. Behaviorism is a new concept which emerged with an objective of highlighting the importance of the external behavior of human being. Behaviorism stress on human behavior, it rejects the idea of…

Social learning theory is both behaviorism and cognitive theories of learning that not only explains how people learn by observing the behavior of others but is influenced by environmental and cognitive factors. Social learning theory is often considered a stepping stone among two completely different theories of learning. Social learning theory associates behaviorism and cognitive theory of learning. People study behavior by seeing others, then acquire their own thoughts and attitudes about…

Depression: A Cognitive-Behavioral Perspective Aetiology of depression is multifactorial, with risk factors including low levels of parental warmth, high levels of family hostility, abuse and poverty (Gledhill & Hodes, 2010). Environment, cognitive and behavior are significant factors that cause the onset and duration of depression (Carvalho, Trent, & Hopko, 2011). Depression can affect all aspects of life, and may even lead to more serious problems including suicide. Although there is still a…

Behaviorists believe that language acquisition in children occurs through three methods simultaneously; imitation, operant conditioning and classical conditioning. All three of these methods rely on language being acquired as a way of gaining approval from adults due to the way that they communicate. In imitation, the simplest method, the adult or fellow child will say a word or phrase and the child will be asked to repeat what was said. If they do this, the adult will reward them with a…