Comments on: Behaviorism and Operant conditioning http://brownie685.edublogs.org/2008/10/17/behaviorism-and-operant-conditioning/ Another excellent Edublogs.org weblog Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:27:53 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth Freeman http://brownie685.edublogs.org/2008/10/17/behaviorism-and-operant-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Elizabeth Freeman Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:27:53 +0000 http://brownie685.edublogs.org/?p=46#comment-13 I have noticed that my dogs are conditioned to the sound of my computer shutting down. As soon as they hear it they start jumping up and down and get so excited. They know that when it gets turned off in the evenings that it is time for them to go out and to bed. My poor babies! I have seen teachers tell students they will get candy if they are "good" that day. Even when they still act like wild things they still get the candy. All this is teaching them is that no matter what they do they will get rewarded. I have noticed that my dogs are conditioned to the sound of my computer shutting down. As soon as they hear it they start jumping up and down and get so excited. They know that when it gets turned off in the evenings that it is time for them to go out and to bed. My poor babies!
I have seen teachers tell students they will get candy if they are “good” that day. Even when they still act like wild things they still get the candy. All this is teaching them is that no matter what they do they will get rewarded.

]]> By: cafaulkner http://brownie685.edublogs.org/2008/10/17/behaviorism-and-operant-conditioning/comment-page-1/#comment-12 cafaulkner Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:53:08 +0000 http://brownie685.edublogs.org/?p=46#comment-12 I am glad you mentioned this one. Not only do we condition students to not turn in work in late but we also condition some students not to succeed or even try. IEP's condition students to a false sense of reality. Never fail. Come on. We fail things everyday in life. So.... are we really helping students with learning disablilities by not letting them fail or have bad concequences? I am glad you mentioned this one. Not only do we condition students to not turn in work in late but we also condition some students not to succeed or even try. IEP’s condition students to a false sense of reality. Never fail. Come on. We fail things everyday in life. So…. are we really helping students with learning disablilities by not letting them fail or have bad concequences?

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