BACKGROUND ANDDEVELOPMENT OF REINFORCEMENT THEORYīehavioral theories of learning and motivation focus on the effect that the consequences of past behavior have on future behavior. Reinforcement theory concentrates on the relationship between the operant behavior and the associated consequences, and is sometimes referred to as operant conditioning. Any behavior that elicits a consequence is called operant behavior, because the individual operates on his or her environment. In reinforcement theory, a combination of rewards and/or punishments is used to reinforce desired behavior or extinguish unwanted behavior. The Insightful Learning Theory E.Reinforcement theory is the process of shaping behavior by controlling the consequences of the behavior. Operant Conditioning Theory of Learning D. Classical Conditioning Theory of Learning C. Information will include the merits and the demerits of the following theories of learning: A. This page covers major theorists and their theories. Educators who embrace cognitive theory believe that the definition of learning as a change in behaviour is too narrow and prefer to study the learner rather than their environment, and in particular the complexities of human memory. Behaviourists look at learning as an aspect of conditioning and will advocate a system of rewards and targets in education. Cognitive, emotional, and environmental influences, as well as prior experience, all play a part in how understanding, or a world view, is acquired or changed, and knowledge and skills retained. Learning theories are conceptual frameworks describing how information is absorbed, processed, and retained during learning. These theories apply to many different levels of educational learning. INTRODUCTION Many Learning Theories have been developed over a long period, though a majority of those now in use have arisen in the last century or so. This is a review paper based on the theorist Skinner.

Skinner Reinforcement Theory of Motivation and we go through all details in this theory. This theory can called as ' behaviorism ' or ' operant conditioning ' that is taught in the today ' s world of psychology. The Reinforcement Theory is one of the oldest theories of motivation which describe behavior and how we act. Skinner brought up the Reinforcement Theory. Although science have emerged vastly but we are not able to compare anything like a science of human behavior with any other science in the world.

But in today ' s world he is not able to understand himself. Centuries ago people were seeing themselves as a person who could feel himself better any other creatures in the world. He believes that we only acquire the technology of behavior. Skinner in his book Beyond Freedom and Dignity said that thinkers should make fundamental changes in human behavior, and they couldn't bring these changes only with the help of physics or biology.

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