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learning_paradigms:behaviorism [2011/02/21 10:29]
jpetrovic [Behaviorist learning theories:]
learning_paradigms:behaviorism [2011/02/22 10:16]
jpetrovic [Criticisms]
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 ===== About behaviorism ===== ===== About behaviorism =====
  
-Some of the oldest ​learning theories belong to the behaviorism as [[..:​learning_paradigms:​|learning paradigm]] ​and date back from the beginning of the 20th century. The key component to this paradigm are **stimulus-response** (S-R) events ​resulting in **observable behaviors** which can be **measured**.+Although its roots can be tracked way back, first learning theories belong to the behaviorism as [[..:​learning_paradigms:​|learning paradigm]] date back from the 1910s. The key component to this paradigm are **stimulus-response** (S-R) associations ​resulting in **observable behaviors** which can be **measured**. ​
  
-Behaviorists view **learning as a visible change in ones behavior**. Behaviorism assumes that the learner starts off as a clear state and simply responds to environmental stimuli. Those responses **can be shaped through positive and negative reinforcement** increasing or decreasing the probability of repeating the same behavior.+Behaviorists view the mind as a "black box" and do not attempt to analyze its thought processes. They approach ​**learning as a visible change in ones behavior** ​which, unlike mind processes, can be measured. Behaviorism assumes that the learner starts off as a clear state and simply responds to environmental stimuli. Those responses **can be shaped through positive and negative reinforcement** increasing or decreasing the probability of repeating the same behavior.
  
 This learning paradigm can roughly be divided in two phases: **behaviorism (1910-1930)** and **neobehaviorism (1930-1955)**. Neobehaviorism outgrew classical behaviorism by attempts to formalize the laws of behavior (sometimes in forms of mathematical equations) and beliefs that learning can also occur indirectly through observing. Neobehaviorists are sometimes considered a transitional group that shifted dominant learning perspective toward [[learning_paradigms:​cognitivism]]. This learning paradigm can roughly be divided in two phases: **behaviorism (1910-1930)** and **neobehaviorism (1930-1955)**. Neobehaviorism outgrew classical behaviorism by attempts to formalize the laws of behavior (sometimes in forms of mathematical equations) and beliefs that learning can also occur indirectly through observing. Neobehaviorists are sometimes considered a transitional group that shifted dominant learning perspective toward [[learning_paradigms:​cognitivism]].
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   * [[learning_theories:​Connectionism]] - [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/​~psych/​psycweb/​history/​thorndike.htm|Edward Thorndike (1874 - 1949)]]   * [[learning_theories:​Connectionism]] - [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/​~psych/​psycweb/​history/​thorndike.htm|Edward Thorndike (1874 - 1949)]]
   * [[learning_theories:​Clasicall Conditioning]] - [[http://​www.ivanpavlov.com/​|Ivan Pavlov (1849 - 1936)]]   * [[learning_theories:​Clasicall Conditioning]] - [[http://​www.ivanpavlov.com/​|Ivan Pavlov (1849 - 1936)]]
-  * [[learning_theories:​Contiguity Theory]] [[http://​www.a2zpsychology.com/great_psychologists/edwin_r_guthrie.htm|Edwin Guthrie (1886 - 1959)]] ​+  * [[learning_theories:​Contiguity Theory ​and One Trial Learning]] [[http://​www.muskingum.edu/~psych/psycweb/​history/​guthrie.htm|Edwin Guthrie (1886 - 1959)]] ​
   * [[learning_theories:​Operant Conditioning]] - [[http://​www.bfskinner.org/​BFSkinner/​AboutSkinner.html|Burrhus Skinner (1904  - 1990)]]   * [[learning_theories:​Operant Conditioning]] - [[http://​www.bfskinner.org/​BFSkinner/​AboutSkinner.html|Burrhus Skinner (1904  - 1990)]]
   * [[learning_theories:​Stimulus Sampling Theory ]] [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​William_Kaye_Estes|William Estes (1919 - )]]   * [[learning_theories:​Stimulus Sampling Theory ]] [[http://​en.wikipedia.org/​wiki/​William_Kaye_Estes|William Estes (1919 - )]]
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 ===== Criticisms ===== ===== Criticisms =====
  
-Behaviorism today mostly **lost its influence** and let **cognitivism take its place** as the dominant paradigm. Critics of behaviorist learning usually argue that behaviorism:​+Behaviorism today mostly **lost its influence** and let **cognitivism take its place** as the dominant ​learning ​paradigm. Critics of behaviorist learning usually argue that behaviorism:​
  
   * **does not explain all kinds o learning** since it ignores inner mind activities,   * **does not explain all kinds o learning** since it ignores inner mind activities,
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