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Title: Theories of Learning
Description: This is a class lecture about Theories of Learning. References are included since some of the contents are sensitive topics. You can learn about the following: • THEORIES OF LEARNING o Behaviorism o Cognitivism o Humanistic Theory

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THEORIES OF
LEARNING
(CLASS LECTURES)

THEORIES OF LEARNING
Behaviorism
Cognitivism
Humanistic Theory

BEHAVIORISM
Behaviorism is a theory of learning based upon the idea that all behaviors are acquired
through conditioning
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WATSON
John Broadus Watson believed that all individual differences in behavior due to different
learning experiences
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It suggested that
classical conditioning could cause some phobias
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B
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SKINNER
Operant Conditioning is a method of learning that occurs through rewards and punishments
for behavior
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It was coined by Burrhus Friedrich Skinner, more commonly known as B
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Skinner
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There are two
kinds of reinforcement:

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Positive Reinforcement strengthens a behavior by providing a consequence an
individual finds rewarding
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Punishment is designed to weaken or eliminate a response rather than increase it
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Negative Punishment, sometimes referred to as punishment by removal, occurs
when a favorable event or outcome is removed after a behavior occurs
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ALBERT BANDURA
Albert Bandura states that behavior is learned from the environment through the process
of observational learning
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This is illustrated
during the famous Bobo doll experiment of Bandura in 1961
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At a later time,
they may imitate the behavior they have observed
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COGNITIVISM
Cognitive theorists focus on how individuals process information, monitor, and manage
their thinking
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Jean Piaget viewed intellectual growth as a process of adaptation to the world
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Accommodation – involves modifying one’s existing cognitive schema as a result
of new information or new experiences in order to adapt to the new experience
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Jean Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
1
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2
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3
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4
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LEV VYGOTSKY
Lev Vygotsky stress the fundamental role of social interaction in the process of cognitive
development
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More Knowledgeable Other (MKO): anyone who has a better understanding or a higher
ability level than the learner
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HOWARD GARDNER
Howard Gardner identifies nine intelligences and he proposes that one unitary intelligence
is not a good way to describe human intellect
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He called it the multiple intelligences
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Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence: the ability to use language to express what’s on your mind and
to understand other people
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Logical/Mathematical Intelligence: the ability to manipulate numbers, quantities, and
operations like the way a mathematician does
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Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence: the ability to think in music; to be able to hear patterns,
recognize them, and perhaps manipulate them
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Bodily Kinesthetic Intelligence: the ability to use your whole body or parts of your body to
solve a problem, make something, or put on some kind of production
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Spatial Intelligence: the ability to represent the spatial world internally in your mind
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Naturalistic Intelligence: the ability to discriminate among living things and sensitivity to other
features of the natural world
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Intrapersonal Intelligence: the ability to understand yourself; knowing who you are, what you
can do, what you want to do, how you react to things, which things to avoid, and which things to
gravitate toward
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Interpersonal Intelligence: the ability to understand other people
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Existential Intelligence: the ability and proclivity to pose and ponder questions about life,
death, and ultimate realities
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ABRAHAM MASLOW
Abraham Maslow’s theory of self-actualization is a set of ideas about what people need to
become and stay healthy
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The Hierarchy of Needs suggests that people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before
moving on to other, more advanced needs
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Physiological Needs: These include the most basic needs that are vital to survival, such as the
need for water, air, food, and sleep
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2
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Security needs are important for
survival, but they are not as demanding as the physiological needs
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Social Needs: These include needs for belonging, love, and affection
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Relationships such as friendships,
romantic attachments, and families help fulfill this need for companionship and acceptance, as
does involvement in social, community, or religious groups
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Esteem Needs: After the first three needs have been satisfied, esteem needs become increasingly
important
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5
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Selfactualization people are self-aware, concerned with personal growth, less concerned with the
opinions of others, and interested fulfilling their potential
Title: Theories of Learning
Description: This is a class lecture about Theories of Learning. References are included since some of the contents are sensitive topics. You can learn about the following: • THEORIES OF LEARNING o Behaviorism o Cognitivism o Humanistic Theory