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Edward Thorndike's Theory

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A REFLECTION AND APPLICATION ON THORNDIKE’S
THEORY OF CONNECTIONISM

A psychologist and connectionist namedEdward Thorndikefirst represented the original S-R framework and proposed that the theory of connectionism as the key to learning. Connectionism comes from the root word connect meaning “to join together”─ the sense impression and impulse to action, or the stimulus and response.A stimulus is something that causes a change in reaction, and a response is just a reaction or attitude to a stimulus. The basis of the theory of connectionism is the principles of associationism that asserts experience links elements or ideas with one another and the complexity of concepts can be explained through a set of instructions.According to him, the nature …show more content…

Some of Edward Thorndike’s viewpointsare later changed after admitting that he was wrong and that learning is not facilitated in the application of negative reinforcement or punishment especially to slow-learning children and the students who are punish from their incorrect answers. He also concluded that repeated occurrence does not assure …show more content…

Likewise, the nature and frequency of the S-R pairings may strengthen or weaken these associations between stimulus and response.In my opinion, the connectionisn theory has an incredible contribution to the foundation of learning but the study must not be entirely applied to an actual learning environment because of its downsides and negative effects to the less intelligent/not-so-fast learner students. A good teacher uses different strategies for learning, motivate the lessons so that children will learn, and be motivated so that he/she will perform the job effectively. Aside from their parent, the teachers are the molders of the future society of the country, thus, every child has the right for a proper and holistic education. As the song goes, “I believe that children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way, show them all the beauty they possess inside to make

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