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itsmyluck

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on: Sep 15, 2018
List three behaviorists and write a sentence about their most important contributions to the study of behavior.
 
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Give examples of two to three myths concerning how to raise children that are not validated by scientific knowledge.
 
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Reply #1 on: Sep 15, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Behaviorists and their contributions are:

Watson: ideas of conditioning into human terms, process of classical conditioning, scientific validation for setting conditions of learning and rewarding the proper responses

Thorndike: godfather of standardized testing, scales to measure student achievement, stimulus-response technique for establishing behavior and habits

Bloom: educational objectives, classification scheme (taxonomy) to describe pupil behaviors and educational outcomes in cognitive domains

Skinner: radical behaviorist, doctrine of person as empty organism (vessel) to be filled with carefully designed experiences

Bandura: social learning theory, idea of learning by watching (observing) and imitating (modeling) others both in real life and media


Answer to Question 2

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Answer is by individual student response; text examples of unsubstantiated myths are:
Youll spoil the baby if you respond to his demands too quickly and Children who suffer early neglect and deprivation will not realize their normal potential.


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