Behavioral Learning Theories

11th GradePsychology40 min

Learning Objective

I can summarize the key principles of behavioral learning theories.

Lesson Flow

Watch Video

12 min

How to Train a Brain: Crash Course Psychology #11

CrashCourse

Guided Notes

8 min

Key concepts students will learn:

  • Ivan Pavlov's experiments are among the most famous in the history of psychology and contributed to the foundation of the behaviorist school of thought.

  • In classical conditioning, the unconditioned stimulus is paired with the neutral stimulus during conditioning until the neutral stimulus becomes a conditioned stimulus eliciting a conditioned response.

  • Operant conditioning involves associating our own behavior with consequences, where behaviors increase when followed by reinforcement or reward, but decrease when followed by punishment.

Practice

12 min

4 questions • Multiple choice & Short answer

Exit Ticket

5 min

Summarize the key principles of behavioral learning theories as discussed in the video. Include a brief description of classical conditioning and operant conditioning.

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