BEHAVIORAL+Learning,+Pavlov+and+Skinner

SUPPLEMENTARY READING:

 * __Reflection assignment: (800 words - upload to eSwede by 8:30 on Monday, Nov. 6)__**


 * __Read article 1 -"How Disruptive Students Escalate Hostility" (or the PDF of the article if it won't link)__**
 * __AND choose at least ONE of the other two articles linked below.__**

• Your own teaching style or beliefs about behavior modification or discipline, and • How the author's views in each article related to Skinner's Operant Conditioning theory. (Give specific examples by using some of the focus vocabulary words that are relevant : to the right.)
 * __Summarize several key points of each article that you found to be important, and compare them to:__**

[|REFLECTION: How Disruptive Students Escalate Hostility]
(Also included as this PDF): __And choose one of the following two articles:__

**[|REFLECTION: Random Positive Teacher Attention]**

 * YOUR OPINIONS ARE WELCOME – PRO OR CON- regarding Skinner’s theory or parts of it.**
 * Be sure and support with evidence from your background experiences, or from examples in the articles.**

[|The Debate on Paddling] The 19 states that allow spanking in schools are: Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.

[|Reinforcement and Punishment - examples from sit-coms]


 * [|Behaviorist approach: Skinner, Pavlov] **

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 * [|Skinner - Operant Conditioning] **

[|Monkeys Experiment]

[|Big Bang Theory and Operant Conditioning]
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