There are many different theories on how people learn and over the years learning theories have dramatically changed. They have been superseded by newer theories based on psychological‚ social‚ cultural development factors‚ (Fritscher‚ 2011).In this paper I will be concentrating on five theories‚ three psychological and two social‚ they are; Behaviourism‚ Humanism‚ Constructivism‚ Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice‚ and Vygotsky’s learning theory. I have chosen these theories because I believe
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tendency to always leave his room in disarray. This continues to occur despite the fact that Bobby’s father Mr. Kelly frequently reminds Bobby to clean his room. Mr. Kelly would like to increase the frequency in which Bobby cleans his room. Operant Conditioning “Occurs when a behavior in a particular situation is followed by a reinforcing consequence‚ thus making the behavior more likely to occur in similar circumstances in the future (Miltenberger‚ 2012).” In Bobby’s case‚ Mr. Kelly‚ Bobby’s father
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argue that learning is observable found a theory called Behavioural Learning Theories which are include classical conditioning‚ contiguity‚ and operant contiguity. Aristotle‚ as we know‚ defined the learning as contiguous. Contiguous means that two or more sensations appear together. Ivan Pavlov made a famous experience while using a dog about contiguity called classical conditioning. In this experience‚ firstly‚ a bell rings; Pavlov’s dog does not react. Then‚ when the meat is given to the dog‚
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his conflicting childhood feelings of love and hate for his parents. The therapist’s goal best reflects a primary aim of: A) client-centered therapy. B) cognitive therapy. *C) psychoanalysis. PG 653 D) systematic desensitization. E) operant conditioning techniques. 2. Sluggishness‚ tremors‚ and twitches similar to those of Parkinson’s disease are most likely to be associated with the excessive use of certain ________ drugs. A) antidepressant *B) antipsychotic PG 676 C) antimanic
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Module 1A In the first module we have explored the topics of perspectives‚ careers‚ and ethics in psychology. A perspective in psychology is the way in which psychologists choose to approach the study of human behavior. Such perspectives would be socio cultural‚ biological‚ psychodynamic‚ behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and humanistic. To go along with the lesson on perspectives we had to pick an outrageous celebrity and explain their behavior in reference to the different perspectives. For the assignment
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY PRESENTED BY: NJUE ANGELINE WANJA X74/53648/2012 PRESENTED TO: PROFESSOR GATUMU 1. MAKE A DISTINCTION BETWEEN NATURE AND NURTURE Nature is the inherent character or basic constitution of a person or thing while nurture is the sum of the environmental factors influencing the behavior and traits expressed by an organism. 2.IDENTIFY THE RECOGNISED EFFECTS OF NATURE AND NURTURE ON BEHAVIOUR AND DISCUSS THE MAJOR ISSUE CONCERNING
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Col. Dave Grossman‚ an expert on the psychology of killing‚ both play a big role in child murders. There are several methods to this madness by which people can actually motivate themselves to take another human life‚ such as‚ operant conditioning‚ classical conditioning‚ brutalization‚ and role models. These practices are used in the military to train soldiers to kill‚ just as the media is doing to our children. Monday‚ December 1st‚ 1997 began like any other day for the students of Heath High
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classical behaviorism that paved the way for B. F. Skinner’s radical or operant behaviorism which has had a large impact on educational systems. Watson was one of the influential psychologists of the twentieth century. His material is still used in most psychology and educational psychology texts. Watson helped with defining the study of behavior anticipated Skinner’s emphasis on operant conditioning and the importance of learning and environmental influences in human development
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This approach focuses on the behaviour of the person to explain psychological abnormalities. It believes that the behaviour is learnt‚ and therefore can be unlearnt. It focuses on 3 different things: classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and social learning theory. Classical conditioning was developed by Pavlov through his work on animals. He explained the development of abnormal behaviours through stimulus-response associations. This is where it is not the object or the situation that is the
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Theorist of development: A. Cognitive (Piaget) Cognitive theories of development look at how thought processes and mental operations influence growth and change. Cognitive theory is looking at the development of a person ’s thought processes. It also looks at how these thought processes influence how we understand and interact with the world. One theorist and cognitive thinker was Jean Piaget‚ who gave an idea about how we think about child development. This is that children think differently than
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