1. What? – This Week talks about behaviorism and the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning. It helps you understand some of the different ideas behind behaviors and why people act the way they do. It discusses the unconditioned stimulus and the unconditioned response when dealing with classical conditioning. It also talks about operant conditioning which is a form of learning that has to do with a response increasing as a result of being followed by reinforcement. Classical Conditioning is a form of learning in which a new, involuntary response is acquired as a result of two stimuli being presented at the same time. Operant Conditioning is a form of learning in which a response increases in frequency as a result of being followed by reinforcement.
We also talked about some definition of learning and the positives and the negatives of each definition. Along with this, we discussed positive and negative reinforcement and positive and negative punishment. Positive Reinforcement is a consequence that brings about the increase of a behavior though the presentation (rather than the removal) of a stimulus. Negative Reinforcement is a consequence that brings about the increase of a behavior though the removal (rather than the presentation) of a stimulus. As for punishment, it is to decrease behavior instead of increase behavior. 

2. So What? –Behaviorism is important to learn about because it gives us teachers one way to see how our students learn and how we can manage our classes with positive and negative reinforcement. The better we manage our classroom the more our student will learn; at least that is what I believe.

3. Now What? – I believe I will use this everyday in my classroom but I think it will be more of an unconscious use then a conscious use. Like rewarding my student for good behavior so the will continue to act in a like manner or something like that. I find this knowledge very useful and now that I have it in the front of my brain rather than the back I will most likely use it more frequently.