Behaviorism contends that desired behavior from people is...

Behaviorism contends that desired behavior from people is formed by the actions and reactions of other people rather than an individual’s own free will. This means that by carefully and deliberately shaping desirable behavior, morality and information is learned by individual, so important causes of, and motivations for behavior lie outside, rather than within an individual. Therefore for behaviorists, all learning is observable and measurable. Learning occurs in a behaviorist classroom as a result of responses to stimuli in the environment that are usually reinforced by the teacher, as well as feedback from actions on certain learning objects. The teacher helps the student learn through conditioning them by explicitly identifying the†¦show more content†¦Feedback and response, which are inherent in behaviorism, can also be achieved because the online teacher can post and send feedback and response which the student can work on accordingly. Students remember and r espond in behaviorism, and while students will be able to respond to the stimulus provided, the long-term effects of learning might be minimal if this is the only approach that will be used in online learning. Cognitivism or the cognitive learning theories came about in response to behaviorism. They thought that overt behavior is not the only basis to explain learning. Instead, cognitive theorists believe that learning is also an internal mental process. There are two assumptions about cognitivism and these are: the memory is an active, organized processor of information and that prior knowledge is an important part of learning. The teacher in the cognitive approach builds intelligence and cognitive development because for the cognitivist, the individual learner and his/her active processes are of utmost importance. The information processing model and the multi-store model of memory were both borne out of the theories of cognitive learning. In the classroom, educators can utilize this into an instructional model called phases of learning. Developed by Gagne, this model parallelsShow MoreRelatedStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesOrganizational Behavior This page intentionally left blank Organizational Behavior EDITION 15 Stephen P. Robbins —San Diego State University Timothy A. Judge —University of Notre Dame i3iEi35Bj! Boston Columbus Indianapolis New York San Francisco Upper Saddle River Amsterdam Cape Town Dubai London Madrid Milan Munich Paris Montreal Toronto Delhi Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Seoul Singapore Taipei Tokyo Editorial Director: Sally Yagan Director of Editorial Services: