by Stacey Mundo
Behaviorism
as a psychological theory is generally attributed to B.F. Skinner and is often
summed up as the belief that learning occurs through means of reinforcement and
punishment. (Wyatt, 2001). Though
Skinner’s work was published more than 50 years ago, there is still great debate
in the educational and psychological fields.
Popular culture is even familiar with a behaviorism experiment, often
referred to as Pavlov’s dogs. In this
experiment,