Behaviorism

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Yes or No: Do you think that practice, reinforcement, and modeling are important for learning?

  
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Behaviorism focuses upon observable behaviors, and behaviorists define learning as the acquisition of new behaviors. Although behaviorists acknowledge that the mind exists, it is relatively ignored in this theoretical approach because the interworking of the mind cannot be directly observed. Well-known behavioral theorists include: Skinner, Pavlov, and Bandura.

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