NEO-BEHAVIORISM

Edward Tolman (1886-1959)

-      He developed a system of psychology known as purposive, or molar behaviorism which attempts to explore the entire action of the total organism.

-      Suggested that the unit of behavior is the total, goal-directed act, using varied muscular movements that are organized around the purposes served and guided by cognitive processes.

* Purposive Behaviorism *

-  a branch of psychology that was introduced by Edward Thorndike.

- combines the objective study of behavior while also considering the purpose of behavior.

Latent Learning

-      Learning which is not apparent in the learner's behavior at the time of learning, but which manifests later when a suitable motivation and circumstances appear.

Cognitive Map

-      Was an internal perceptual representation of external environmental features and landmarks.

Albert Bandura

-      Born on December 4, 1925 in Alberta, Canada. He showed that children mimic aggressive behavior. He had discoveries in observable learning. He conducted research and taught at Stanford University from 1953 to the present.

Observational Learning

-      The process of learning by observing a model and then duplicating a skill, process, strategy, or task that is demonstrated by the model.

INFLUENCING FACTORS

1. Attention- extent to which we focus on other's behavior.

2.Retention- our ability to retain a representation of other's behavior in memory.

3. ProductionProcesses- our ability to actually perform the actions we observe.

4.Motivation- our need for the actions we witness, their usefulness to us.

REFLECTION:

As a future teacher I should be a good model to my students so that they will follow the good deeds not the wrong one.