EDTC – Instructional Design William Michel

Behaviorism is the theory that involves conditioning as the method behind the way something is learned. Conditioning is found by interacting with the environment. Cognitivism is the newer theory that involves taking into consideration how a person thinks, perceives, remembers and learns.

 Difficult to transfer learning to novel situations.  Unpredictable result when stimulus is absent.  No problem solving strategies.  Teaching facts, simple procedures, concepts, and rules.  Most successful when learning cues are the same as desired performance.

Educational Psychology, (1903) Introduction to the Theory of Mental and Social Measurements, (1904) The Elements of Psychology, (1905) Animal Intelligence, (1911) The Measurement of Intelligence, (1927) The Fundamentals of Learning, (1932)

 Creates uniform behaviors.  Assumes behavior is the only or best way.  Skill transfer.  Effective to teach -Complex behaviors -The best way to perform a task -Specific way to perform -Rules or ways to think

Origins of Intelligence in the Child (1936) Play, Dreams and Imitation in Childhood (1945) Main Trends in Psychology (1970) Genetic Epistemology (1970) Memory and Intelligence (1973)

Behaviorism is the theory that involves conditioning as the method behind the way something is learned. Edward Thorndike was a behaviorist and believed in the Law of Effect. Cognitivism is the newer theory that involves taking into consideration how a person thinks, perceives, remembers and learns. Jean Piaget was a cognitivist and believed in the theory of cognitive development.

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