Articles for tag: B.F. Skinner, Jean Piaget, Operant Conditioning, Pavlov, Vygotsky

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Psychology Timeline: Psychology’s Early Major Contributors

Plato: (428/427-348/347 BC): Plato was one of Greece’s early philosophical thinkers. Plato insisted that the human mind was the base of all mental processes, and believe that ideas are innate to the human mind. That we are born with certain knowledge and thoughts. Aristotle (384-322 BC): Aristotle argued against Plato and debated that the heart ...

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The Life and Work of Ivan Pavlov

Although he considered himself to be a physiologist, few men of the 20th century had more of an impact on the field of psychology than did Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. His work illustrates one of those great ironies of history. He considered psychology to be something of a pseudo-science and something that would soon go away. ...

Factors Affecting Learning Readiness

FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNING READINESS Maturation. A child who has not reached a sufficient stage of mental and physical development when he tries to Perform school tasks characteristic of that stage and that, which entails a higher level of development. However With proper readiness building procedure, normal development difficulties can be over come. Experience. Previous experience ...

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Getting Your Boyfriend to Say “I Love You”

There is no doubt in my mind that your boyfriend loves you very much. The problem is he doesn’t say it how you want him to. Men and women have a different approach to many things in life, and this includes romance. Men tend to show you that they love you by doing things for ...

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Habits, Phobias, and Classical Conditioning

What are the psychological and biological factors that set the pathway for learning? The topic of learning has fascinated psychologists since the dawn of the profession. There have been many debates in the early years of psychology about whether or not we learn due to a biological function, such as instincts, or we are empty ...

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Behaviorism: Uses in the Classroom

Before the cognitivist revolution of the 1960s and 70s, behaviorism was the key theory and practice utilized in educating America’s youth. Behaviorists believe that learning and behavior relies on previous stimuli associated (by the individual) with the current action taking place. The most famous psychological experiment in dealing with behaviorism is that of Pavlov’s dog: ...

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Paper on Classical and Operant Conditioning

Author Ray LeBlond once said, “You learn something every day if you pay attention.” Everyday, your own dog might learn something new as well. Every time that you open the back door and give your dog a treat, he is learning. Every time you open the back door and do not give your dog a ...