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Criticism Of Behaviorism In Education

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INTRODUCTION
Behaviorism is a learning theory that only focuses on objectively observable behaviors and deductions any independent activities of the mind. Behavior theorists define learning as nothing more than the achievement of new behavior based on environmental conditions.
The main purpose of this essay is to describe the different concepts of behaviorism in education. The first part of the essay will provide a definition of behaviorism, while the second part will highlight on two ways in which the behaviorism has been applied in education. The third part of the essay will provide two criticisms of the behaviorism in education and finally the essay will provide a conclusion.

BEHAVIORISM
Behaviorism is a theory of learning based upon the …show more content…

Operant conditioning
Operant conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through reinforcements and punishments for behavior. For examples studying to get an “A”, because whenever u get an A your father gives u your favorite treat.
TWO WAYS IN WHICH THE BEHAVIORISM HAS BEEN APPLIED IN …show more content…

Reinforcement, punishment and extinction. This part of the assignment will go in to detail on reinforcement and extinction. They are positive reinforcement and negative reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is to give something to somebody to make a behavior happen again. Positive reinforcement can increase students’ self-esteem, motivation, and gratitude by praising the students whenever student’s good behavior is seen. Along with have a rewards chart with all student’s name on it. Each time the student completes the required activity, give the student a sticker or a star to the place where the students name is written. It is usually best to give positive reinforcement for good behavior as soon as you see it and not wait to give praise. However Negative reinforcement is used to teach do-it-yourself skills and additional behaviors to take the place of interfering behaviors. Negative and positive reinforcement only have in common the increasing the behavior as a result of a consequence.
The extinction procedure itself is not an approach to prevent the occurrence of a problem behavior. The environment is changed through the extinction technique so that the rate of problem behavior is reduced. If a student is repeatedly talking to the student next to her while the teacher is explaining the lesson then the teacher can discontinue the previously provided reinforce by changing her place

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