CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which theorist introduced the operant conditioning theory?
A
B.F. Skinner
B
J.B. Watson
C
Ivan Pavlov
D
Jean Piaget
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Operant conditioning was first described by behaviorist B.F. Skinner, which is why you may occasionally hear it referred to as Skinnerian conditioning.1 As a behaviorist, Skinner believed that it was not really necessary to look at internal thoughts and motivations in order to explain behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the 1930s, B. F. Skinner, who had become familiar with the work of these researchers and others, continued the exploration of how organisms learn. Skinner studied and developed the operant conditioning theory that is popular today.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although Skinner was the pioneer of the operant conditioning theory, his ideas were based on Thorndike’s law of effect. Skinner also believed that we do have a mind. Therefore it was more productive to study observable behavior rather than internal mental events. Skinner was also an exemplary inventor.

Detailed explanation-4: -Skinner) The theory of B.F. Skinner is based upon the idea that learning is a function of change in overt behavior. Changes in behavior are the result of an individual’s response to events (stimuli) that occur in the environment.

Detailed explanation-5: -BF Skinner He developed the theory of operant conditioning through observable stimulus and behavior, instead of thinking or feeling.

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