OTL 502
Critical Thinking Research Evaluation Table
Instructions: Complete each box below in detail; boxes expand as you type, so you are not limited to the spaces you see here. Your responses will be about the research articles/materials you select. Additionally, craft a Reference Page with a citation for each of the four research sources you find for this assignment. Ensure your Reference Page is properly formatted per CSU-Global’s APA guidelines.
Research Topic: The topic is the overall Learning Theory. The topic is not the problem to be solved; that comes later. Example: Behaviorism.
The philosophy of operant conditioning has been demonstrated in many experiments using different types of species such as animals and humans. Operant conditioning refers to the process of reinforcing a response that is made in the company of a stimulus. In today’s life we are pulled and pushed by many events in our environment. We sometimes just don’t act to a stimulus, we also conduct ourselves in ways that seem designed to create or get certain environmental changes or stimuli. Most of the days in our lives seem to demonstrate this type of behavior. However this article was restricted to work with animals.
Literature Review: A written summary of books, journal articles and other published material (online or hard copy) that you have researched on this topic and description of the past and current state of literature related to the topic, problem, and purpose. Minimum number of sources: 4
Find four (4) sources that relate to your selected topic. Summarize each source below.
Cerrutti, D.T.,Staddon, J.E.R. Operant Conditioning. Annual Rev. Psychol.2003-This article examines the reversible aspects of behavior.
Buskist, W., Davis, S.F., 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook, 2008.-Skinner's theory of operant conditioning uses both positive and negative reinforcements. Psychologists have observed that we every action has a consequence, and if
Instructions: Complete each box below in detail; boxes expand as you type, so you are not limited to the spaces you see here. Your responses will be about the research articles/materials you select. Additionally, craft a Reference Page with a citation for each of the four research sources you find for this assignment. Ensure your Reference Page is properly formatted per CSU-Global’s APA guidelines.
Research Topic: The topic is the overall Learning Theory. The topic is not the problem to be solved; that comes later. Example: Behaviorism.
The philosophy of operant conditioning has been demonstrated in many experiments using different types of species such as animals and humans. Operant conditioning refers to the process of reinforcing a response that is made in the company of a stimulus. In today’s life we are pulled and pushed by many events in our environment. We sometimes just don’t act to a stimulus, we also conduct ourselves in ways that seem designed to create or get certain environmental changes or stimuli. Most of the days in our lives seem to demonstrate this type of behavior. However this article was restricted to work with animals.
Literature Review: A written summary of books, journal articles and other published material (online or hard copy) that you have researched on this topic and description of the past and current state of literature related to the topic, problem, and purpose. Minimum number of sources: 4
Find four (4) sources that relate to your selected topic. Summarize each source below.
Cerrutti, D.T.,Staddon, J.E.R. Operant Conditioning. Annual Rev. Psychol.2003-This article examines the reversible aspects of behavior.
Buskist, W., Davis, S.F., 21st Century Psychology: A Reference Handbook, 2008.-Skinner's theory of operant conditioning uses both positive and negative reinforcements. Psychologists have observed that we every action has a consequence, and if