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Behavioral Learning Theory
According to the behaviorists, learning can be defined as “the relatively permanent change in behavior brought about as a result of experience or practice.”
Behaviorists recognize that learning is an internal event.
Behavioral Learning Theory
The behavioral learning theory is represented as an S-R paradigm. The organism is treated as a “black box.” We only know what is going on inside the box by the organism’s response.
Stimulus (S)
Organism (O)
Response (R)
Behavioral Learning Theory
There are three types of behavioral learning theories:
Pavlov was studying the digestive system of dogs and became intrigued with his observation that dogs deprived of food began to salivate when one of his assistants walked into the room.
He began to investigate this phenomena and established the laws of classical conditioning.
>Response (R)
an innate, involuntary behavior.
by an antecedent environmental event.
The specific model for classical conditioning is:
into a Conditioned Stimulus (CS).
elicits or causes the CR.
Major types of classical
conditioning