Behavioral Learning Theories

Behavioral Learning Theories

Grade 11th Grade · Psychology · 40 min

What's Included

Learning Objective

I can summarize the key principles of behavioral learning theories.

Warm-Up Video

CrashCourse · 11:49

How to Train a Brain: Crash Course Psychology #11

Guided Notes

3 key concepts

  • 1

    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.

  • 2

    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.

  • 3

    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 Questions

4 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer

Exit Ticket

Quick comprehension check

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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