The basis of social learning theory is simple ... later known as the Skinner Box, to study animal behavior. The chamber or box has a key or bar that can be pressed so that the animal obtains ...

Behaviorism is a theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, and conditioning ...

Child development theories focus on explaining how children change and grow over the course of childhood. These developmental ...

Abstract: The importance of reinforcement for learning ... (Skinner, 1938); and to procure maximal reinforcement, animals (including humans) can only learn what response to emit in what situation. The ...