LEARNING BEHAVIOR THEORY ACCORDING TO IVAN PAVLOV, THORNDIKE, SKINNER AND ALBERT BANDURA

Abstract

Seeking knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim, both male and female. Learning requires an atmosphere and a change in behavior from the learner. Therefore learning involves acquiring abilities that are innate. Learning depends on experience; in part and that experience is a feedback from the environment. Scientists such as Ivan Pavlov are best known for his theory of classical conditioning, in which a neutral stimulus acquires the capacity to elicit responses through association with an unconditioned stimulus. Thorndike developed the law of effect, which emphasizes the role of the consequences of present behavior in determining future behavior. Skinner continued to study the relationship between behavior and consequences. As a result, he put forward a form of learning which called operant conditioning. Meanwhile, according to Albert Bandura there are four phases involved in learning through models, namely the attention phase, the retention phase, the reproduction phase, and the motivational phase