CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Thorndike developed a theory called ____
A
The Spiral Curriculum
B
Skinner’s Box
C
Little Albert’s Experiment
D
The Law of Effects
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Edward L. Thorndike. The law of effect stated that those behavioral responses that were most closely followed by a satisfying result were most likely to become established patterns and to occur again in response to the same stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Law of Effect-also referred to as Thorndike’s law of effect-came out of Thorndike’s experiments with animals, typically cats. Thorndike would place a cat in a puzzle box that had a small lever on one side.

Detailed explanation-3: -The learning theory of Thorndike represents the original S-R framework of behavioral psychology: Learning is the result of associations forming between stimuli and responses. Such associations or “habits” become strengthened or weakened by the nature and frequency of the S-R pairings.

Detailed explanation-4: -This work led to Thorndike’s Laws. According to these Laws, learning is achieved when an individual is able to form associations between a particular stimulus and a response. The three main laws are the Law of Readiness, the Law of Exercise, and the Law of Effect.

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