Behavioural Learning Theories

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Behavioural Learning Theories

• Assume
• the outcome of learning is
• change in behaviour
• the effects of external events

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Theories

• Classical Conditioning
• Operant Conditioning
• Observational Learning
• (Social Learning)
• (Social Cognitive)

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Learning

• Process
• changes in behaviour
• as a result of experience

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Contiguous Learning

• association between
• external stimulus
• and response

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Conditioning

• Response is
• Conditional
• upon the Stimulus

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Classical Conditioning

• Respondent Learning
• respond to the environment
• Focus on
• behaviour and
• Autonomic changes (muscular or glandular)

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Generalisation

• Respond in the
• same way
• To similar characteristics

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Discrimination

• The process where a subject
• learns to
• differentiate one stimulus from others which are
  similar

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Extinction

• Because all learning
• is relatively permanent
• most things learned through CC can be
• Unlearned
• Withhold the UCS (bell) when the CS (food) is
  presented

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Forgetting

• NOT the same as extinction
• the unlearning of a behaviour due to
• Continued withholding of the CS (food) as well as
  the UCS (bell)

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Spontaneous Recovery

• The reappearance of a
• previously extinguished response

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Classical Conditioning And Behaviourism

• J.B. Watson
• behaviourism
• Mechanistic
• E. Thorndike
• Effect of consequences
• Law of Effect
• Reinforcement

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From Dogs to People

• CC responses
• reflexive, autonomic
• physical, emotional
• Whenever a stimulus elicits an instinctive or
  emotional reaction fear anger vomiting
  revulsion joy pleasure happiness

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Classroom Context

• Importance of classroom climate and the
  associations we provide for our students
• CC may help explain why children behave the way
  they do in certain circumstances
• Gives teachers some reason to be cautious on how
  they should approach things at times