Behaviorism

In this theme we learned about Pavlov's experiment with a dog. with this he studied the dog's unconditioned stimulus (without any training), which was the meat power and it began to salivate which is the unconditioned response. The dog made a classical conditioning that is when you are taught or trained with a neutral stimulus and a unconditioned stimulus to have a unconditioned response. With this "routine" you obtain a conditioned response. you have 3 stages: stimulus, response and reinforcement.

But what's a reinforcement?

A reinforcement could be positive or negative. The positive may help the person to increase the likelihood for that behavior and it will became a habit. they are pleasant consequences because of you behavior. Reinforcement is vital for the learning process. Some examples: good grades, recognition, privileges, certificates, thumb-up sign, etc.

Negative reinforcers weaken behavior and they are called punishers. Some examples: time ot, removal or presentation punishment.

Also skinner said language is a form of behavior determined by stimulus, control and reinforcement;that there are 3 processes in learning a language: receiving the knowledge, fixing it in the memory by repetition, and practicing.