Lori Crowley

PAVLOV BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL LEARNING

As you listen to this sound, discuss the sound with your shoulder partner.

What is the sound?

Does it make you think of something?

Does the sound make you want something?

What does it make you want?

LISTEN TO THE SOUND

If you are a coffee drinker like me, you may suddenly want a cup of coffee.

Why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g88it1LxgXc

If you have a cat, this is a familiar scene. Why do the cats react this way to the sound of a can

opener? Can you think of other sounds that elicit an involuntary

response?

WATCH VIDEO

PAVLOV

• Pavlov development a theory to explained why humans and animals react to a sound or other stimulus.

• He conducted an experiment with a dog.• The dog would hear the sound of a metronome and then be given food

immediately.• The dog would salivate when given the food.• This was repeated several times. • Eventually, the dog would begin to salivate at the sound of the

metronome even when there was no food present. • From this experiment, the Classical Conditioning Theory was

developed.

Classical Conditioning lead to to the Behavioral Learning Theory. Behaviors can be measured, trained and changed. Behaviors are acquired through conditioning. Conditioning occurs through interaction with the

environment.

"Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to

take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select -- doctor, lawyer, artist,

merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities,

vocations, and race of his ancestors."

--John Watson

BEHAVIORAL LEARNING THEORY

Two Types of Conditioning

Classical Conditioning – Behavioral Training as in Pavlov’s Dogs

Operant Conditioning – Learning through rewards and punishments for behavior

Can you think of ways these types of conditioning are used in the school setting?

BEHAVIORAL LEARNING THEORY

Based on both cognitive learning theory and behavioral learning theory

4 Requirements for Learning

1. Observation - Behaviors must be modeled

2. Retention- Ability to remember what is learned

3. Reproduction – Must be able to reproduce behavior

4. Motivation – Incentive to reproduce behavior

SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY

Cherry, Kendra. (n.d.). Social Learning Theory, retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentalpsychology/a/sociallearning.htm

McLeod, Sam (2007). Pavlov’s Dogs. Retrieved from http://www.simplypsychology.org/pavlov.html

Psychology 101. retrieved from http://allpsych.com/psychology101/learning.html

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