Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

behaviorism

Lithuanian translation:

biheviorizmas

Nov 19, 2009 14:02
14 yrs ago
English term

behaviorism

GBK English to Lithuanian Social Sciences Education / Pedagogy
Definition from teAchnology:
A psychological theory that claims all mental states can be reduced to statements of observable behaviors. In learning theory, the claim is all learning is based on a stimulus-response relationship.
Example sentences:
Behaviorism, along with applied linguistics, which developed detailed descriptions of the differences between languages, had a great influence on language teaching. (TESL HISTORY)
In behaviorism the teacher is the main focus of the class and all the students must often follow the directions exactly as they are given. (Articlebase)
In education, advocates of behaviorism have effectively adopted this system of rewards and punishments in their classrooms by rewarding desired behaviors and punishing inappropriate ones. (Department of Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, University of Georgia )
Proposed translations (Lithuanian)
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biheviorizmas

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Definition from mokslai.lt:
Biheviorizmas (angl. k. behaviour – elgimasis, elgsena) – tai materialistinė psichologija, kuri psichologijos objektu laiko žmogaus elgesį arba išorinį pasireiškimą bei refleksus, o ne sąmonę.
Example sentences:
Iš kitų psichologijos teorijų biheviorizmas išsiskiria nenoru naudoti indukcinius metodus teorijos kūrime. (Vikipedija)
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