Operant Conditioning is a learning theory in behavioral psychology which can be used to predict the frequency of certain behaviors through the interpretation of the consequences

Making use of Operant conditioning technique to affect human behavior...More

From the perspective of Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) theory, productive struggle can be a key component of learning and growth. It represents a state of cognitive activation and engagement where a child strives to understand and mas...More

Comment: Educational psychology is also concerned with the dynamics of learning. In his contribution to this course, George Reese analyzes by way of example the notion of "productive struggle." How can educational psychology help us to understand th...More

Is there anyone I can talk to about the grading in this course? I find that some people are arbitrarily submitting grades on Coursera. My topic was relevant to the Week 3 module and some people scored this at 10pts? It does not make sense to me. I a...More

Educational psychology, in particular Vygotsky notions on Social Cognitivism, offers the opportunity to have a more comprehensive and researched-based framework for learning processes

For instance, the notion of “productive struggle” allows a para...More

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What do we mean by the social mind? In what ways is thinking 'inside your head' also social thinking? How do community and culture shape learning?

In social cognitivism, the idea of the "mind" is a social-cognitive skill that i...More

I thought it was interesting in doing the initial onboarding of this course that they encouraged us to join this website - cgscholar. At the time I thought that it was mainly to promote a sense of community and that there is an opportunity to connec...More

What do you make of Skinner's comment about free will?- I am not surprised by a behaviorist's take on free will being illusion or fiction as he puts it. It makes sense given his studies/experiments on operant conditioning and external motivators es...More

Positive reinforcement is a fundamental concept in behaviorism. It refers to the process of increasing the likelihood of a behavior recurring by adding a desirable stimulus immediately after the behavior occurs. 

Positive reinforcement involves pre...More

A counseling practice that can be further developed and more in-depth researched would be providing individual and/or peer counseling in which an alignment with authenticity and social contribution is found. In other words, identifying a development...More