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* In Psychology and Education, behaviorism refers to approaches that study humans by (manipulating) and observing their behavior, usually in well controlled situations.
* In Psychology and Education, behaviorism refers to approaches that study humans by (manipulating) and observing their behavior, usually in well controlled situations.
* Neo-behaviorism that is more popular in education and asserts that thought most be conceptualized with intervening variables (like [[cognitivism]]).


== Behaviorist Psychology ==
== Behaviorist Psychology ==
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== Behaviorist Pedagogy ==
== Behaviorist Pedagogy ==
* Behaviorist pedagogy aims to modify observable behavior and considers learning behavior that shows acquisition of knowledge or skills.
* See also the article on [[learning type]].
=== Examples ===
* Gagne's [[Nine events of instruction]], a partly behaviorist, partly [[cognitivism|cognitivist]] model.
* See also the whole range of [[instructional design model]]s.

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Definition

  • Behaviorism first of all is a paradigm in research methodology.
  • In Psychology and Education, behaviorism refers to approaches that study humans by (manipulating) and observing their behavior, usually in well controlled situations.
  • Neo-behaviorism that is more popular in education and asserts that thought most be conceptualized with intervening variables (like cognitivism).

Behaviorist Psychology

  • Behaviorist psychology considers the human brain as a blackbox that can't be accessed. Learning is considered as process of stimulus-response that one can observe and manipulate.

Behaviorist Pedagogy

  • Behaviorist pedagogy aims to modify observable behavior and considers learning behavior that shows acquisition of knowledge or skills.

Examples