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Behaviorist Theory of Sla

The document discusses behavioral approaches to psychology, including Pavlov's dogs and classical conditioning. It describes how Pavlov discovered that dogs could associate a neutral stimulus like a bell with food and learn to salivate to the bell alone. The document also discusses operant conditioning, where organisms learn behaviors and are reinforced through positive or negative consequences. Key aspects of behavioral theory applied to language learning are discussed, including imitation, reinforcement, and practice in acquiring a second language according to behavioral psychologists like Watson and Skinner.

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Behaviorist Theory of Sla

The document discusses behavioral approaches to psychology, including Pavlov's dogs and classical conditioning. It describes how Pavlov discovered that dogs could associate a neutral stimulus like a bell with food and learn to salivate to the bell alone. The document also discusses operant conditioning, where organisms learn behaviors and are reinforced through positive or negative consequences. Key aspects of behavioral theory applied to language learning are discussed, including imitation, reinforcement, and practice in acquiring a second language according to behavioral psychologists like Watson and Skinner.

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Behavioral Approaches

Behavioral Psychology – idea that all actions whether made by man or animal are all learned behaviors
and can be learned and unlearned.

Ex:

Pavlov’s Dogs – dogs learned to associate the sound of the bell with food and as a result they salivate
every time there was food or not.

In a nutshell, Pavlov discovered a process

CLASSICAL CONDITIONING - in which a previously neutral stimulus came to evoke a specific response by
being repeatedly paired with another stimulus that evoked the response and psychologist came to call
this.

So psychologist eventually expanded on Pavlov’s findings and the result was a new type of
conditioning called

OPERANT CONDITIONING – refers to conditioning in which the organism emits a response, or operant.

These conditioning refers to child’s PR or NR.

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT (PR) - rewarding the child for doing good and to maintain the behavior

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT (NR) – response or behavior strengthened by stopping, removing or


avoiding negative outcome.

PUNISHMENT- stops the behavior in a way that you are taking out his chance to decide.

Behaviorist Theory – a psychological theory that believed “infants learn oral language from other
human role models through a process involving imitation, reward and practice (Cooter and Reutzel,
2004)

BACKGROUND

In the 50s and 60s Behavioral Psychology became popular to apply to all types of learning
including language learning.

Two psychologists most known for applying behavioral psychology to learning and especially
language learning are WATSON and SKINNER. This application led to the Behaviorist Theory of Second
Language Acquisition (SLA).

BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY + LANGUAGE LEARNING = BEHAVIORIST THEORY OF SLA


BEHAVIORIST THEORY OF SLA

Verbal Behavior – the behavior of an organism (foreign language learner) that is being conditioned.

Stimulus – what is taught/ presented by foreign language teacher.

Response – reaction of the learner to the stimulus.

Reinforcement – approval and praise of the teacher and fellow students as well as self- satisfaction

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