Thorndike's Laws
Thorndike's Law of Effect states:
What is behaviors followed by satisfying consequences are more likely to be repeated?
Watson's most controversial experiment
Who is Little Albert? (Conditioning fear of a white rat)
Type of conditioning Skinner is known for:
What is operant conditioning?
Giving gold stars for completed homework:
What is positive reinforcement?
A classroom app that uses digital points that students can see to reinforce behavior:
What is ClassDojo?
Thorndike studied learning using this type of experimental setup:
What are puzzle boxes with cats?
What was Watson trying to prove with the Little Albert experiment?
Emotions like fear can be conditioned through the environment and experience.
Device Skinner invented to study learning:
What is the Skinner Box?
Why is consistency important in applying behaviorist strategies?
It helps students form strong, predictable behavior patterns.
Behaviorist principles applied in online learning:
What are badges, levels, and rewards?
This one of Thordike's laws says that practice strengthens stimulus-response connections
What is the Law of Exercise?
Classical conditioning is:
What is learning through association between a neutral stimulus and an unconditioned response?
Giving a student praise, stickers, or extra recess for good behavior:
What is positive reinforcement?
Encouraging desired behaviors through reinforcement and discouraging misbehavior.
A reason reinforcement is important for social development:
What is it shapes prosocial behaviors like sharing and self-control?
Thorndike's work connects to skill-building in children today:
How does practice and reinforcement build stronger learning habits?
Watson believed behavior could be shaped by:
What is the environment and external experiences?
Removing an unpleasant stimulus to increase behavior:
What is negative reinforcement?
The strongest reinforcement schedule for long-term behavior change:
What is variable ratio? (Rewards given unpredictably)
An example of behaviorist ideas applied in the classroom today:
What is reward charts, time-outs, losing privileges?
This type of development is most closely tied to Thorndike
What is cognitive development through problem solving and trial and error?
How might Watson's ideas appear in a classroom today?
Pairing routines or cues with expected behaviors. (EX. clapping patterns out to gain attention.)
What's a potential drawback of overusing reinforcement strategies?
Children may become dependent on rewards and not develop their own intrinsic motivation.
What is one criticism of behaviorist approaches in education?
They can ignore a student's emotions, creativity or intrinsic motivation.
Why should behaviorism be balanced with other approaches in education?
Tp support the child as a whole and their development, not just behavior.