Assessing student learning effectively is often complicated by relying on ambiguous proxies such as grades, quiz scores, or assumptions about students' internal states, such as what they feel, think, ...

We humans generally like to pride ourselves on our ability to be unpredictable, to do things for no other reason than because we want to. The truth is, we are complicated, but with the emergence of ...

The history of psychology is full of disputes among various "-isms": behaviorism, cognitivism, functionalism, and many others. Nevertheless, all are unanimous in their opposition to one other -ism: ...

The course will comprise of 10 three-hour lectures (Thursdays 14-17). Each lecture will concentrate on one topic in the area of animal learning, with the aim of starting from the behavioral phenomena, ...

Operant conditioning, sometimes called instrumental conditioning or Skinnerian conditioning, is a method of learning that uses rewards and punishment to modify behavior. Through operant conditioning, ...

Jan. 10 (UPI) --Children transitioned into remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic displayed worse behavior at home than they normally would in school, their parents reported in a study published ...