Lecture notes: Exploring Learning - Pavlov, Watson, Thorndike and Skinner

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What is the timeline of Pavlov, Watson, Thorndike, and Skinner. What is Pavlov's dogs experiment. What is Pavlov flow chat. Examples of unconditioned stimulus, unconditioned response, neutral stimulus, no conditioned response, conditioned stimulus, and conditioned response. What is Watson's Little Albert experiment. Who is the founder of behaviourism. What is Thorndike's Puzzle Box experiment. What is the law of effect. What is the law of exercise. What is Skinner's Box. What is operant conditioning. What is positive and negative reinforcement, what is positive and negative punishment. What is Computer-Assisted Learning (CAL). What are the variants of behaviourism. What are the strengths and weaknesses of behaviourism. What are the educational implications.

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WEEK 4: ED1BTL 18/10
PAVLOV, WATSON, THORNDIKE, SKINNER: BEHAVIOURIST LEARNING

SLIDE 3: TIMELINE

Ivan pavlov: born in 1849 in Russia
Edward thorndike: born in 1874 in USA
John B. Watson: born in 1878 in USA
Burhus F. Skinner: born in 1994 in USA

SLIDE 8: PAVLOV’S DOGS EXPERIMENT (PAVLOV, 1897)

 Unconditioned stimulus (food) produced unconditioned response (salivation)\
 Conditioned stimulus (bell) produced conditioned response (salivation)
 Learning by association = classical conditioning

SLIDE 10:
 Classical conditioning isn’t specifically relevant to learning & teaching, BUT it
provided a starting point for behaviourism
|_> theoretical perspective on learning

SLIDE 11:

Unconditioned stimulus Outdoor play, games and toys

Unconditioned response Excited! Happy!

Neutral stimulus Attending mathematics lessons

No conditioned response Neither excited/happy nor bored/sad

Conditioned stimulus Learning mathematics through outdoor play, games and
toys
Conditioned response Excited! Happy! Looking forward to mathematics
learning!

SLIDE 13: WATSON’S LITTLE ALBERT EXPERIMENT

 Showed albert things he liked (white rat)
 Then showed him rat alongside loud noise
 Albert associated loud noise with the rat & cried when he saw rat
 Conditioning albert to experience fear at sight of rat
SLIDE 14: WATSON
“…take anyone at random & train him to be a doctor, lawyer…regardless of his talents” –
WATSON, 1924

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