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MOTOR MOVEMENT SKILLS ACQUISITION

lassical concept of conditioning is that developed by Ivan Pavlov (Turner & Helms, 1991, pp. 36-38). B. F. Skinner advanced the behaviorist approach through the development of the concepts of operant conditioning and reinforcement (pp. 10-12).

The behaviorist theory Skinner is, essentially, a drive theory. While it is a drive theory, Skinner's theory has also provided the base upon which many of the effective content and process human development approaches have been developed.

Skinner's behaviorism theory is directly related to the process of learning (Maslow, 1966, p. 13). By learning is meant the process by which an individual is able to change his or her behavior in some constructive manner (Skinner, 1953, pp. 59-61). Three basic theories of learning are trial and error, conditioned response, and insight.

With the trial and error approach, the individual learns by attempting different solutions to a problem until he or she discovers which one of the alternatives work best (Skinner, p. 64). The role of the teacher in this approach is to give the person some direction by leading her or him towards certain techniques which may assist in problem solution.

The theory underlying the conditioned response approach is that of learning through habit formation (Skinner, pp. 50-58). One major difficulty with the conditioned response approach is that it is virtually impossible to pre-create a condition and a response for all conceivable situations which may be encountered.

The insight approach, also known as the perceptual response approach, holds that all learning of whatever variety has as its basic characteristic a progressive differentiation from a more general perceptual field (Maslow, pp. 91-104). This approach provides individuals with the abilities to solve problems through the use of perception and imagination--once the individuals have been given some concept of what the complete perceptual field of interest in...

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