GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING THEORIES
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It ignores the mental processes that are involved in learning. According to the behaviourist approach, people can only learn as a result of their experiences
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´The principle of operant and classical conditioning do not take into account the environment so might not be good for open skills
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´It teaches performers to behave in a certain way i.e. stopping on the whistle
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´Can be useful to teach performers to control anxiety
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´It rejects the possible role of nature factors in human behaviour.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Weaknesses of behaviorism: 1) Some critics say that it is an extrapolation of animal behavior to humans. 2) Behaviorism fails to explain the development of human languages. 3) Effect of environment in shaping the behavior of a human, is not taken into consideration by the behaviorists.
Detailed explanation-2: -A weakness is that the approach is environmentally deterministic. For example, it suggests behaviours are learnt through associations made with environmental stimuli and/or the response that we get (reinforcement).
Detailed explanation-3: -What is perhaps the most important limitation of the behavioral theories when applied to the classroom? Learning processes such as concept formation, learning from text, and thinking are difficult to observe directly.