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PSYCHOLOGY IN
LANGUAGE LEARNING
WHAT IS BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGY?
• Behavioral psychology is the study of the connection between our minds and our
behavior, and sometimes it referred to BEHAVIORISM.
• Behaviorism, also known as behavioral psychology, is a theory of learning based on
the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning. Conditioning occurs
through interaction with the environment. Behaviorists believe that our responses to
environmental stimuli shape our actions
WHAT IS CLASSICAL CONDITIONING?
• Positive punishment
• Negative punishment
POSITIVE PUNISHMENT
• Stimulus
• Response
• Reinforcement
LANGUAGE – PROCESS OF HABIT BEHAVIOR –
STIMULUS – RESPONSE MODEL
• Stimulus – Language that he hears around him
• Response – Imitates the sounds and pattern
• Reinforcement – reward as an approval to the childs attempt to imitate the language
• Habit behavior – the child repeats the sound and patterns
• Verbal behavior – is conditioned or shaped (habit formation)
THEORY OF LEARNING ALM