al of a factor from an organism's environment·a negative reinforcement. Skinner (1974, p. 131) also theorized that the tools of positive and negative reinforcement·satiation and deprivation·may increase the strength of many types of behaviors simultaneously. It is, thus, essential to carefully examine (1) desired outcomes, and (2) relationships between stimuli and behaviors, before (3) adopting a teaching strategy.
Learning, importantly, is controlled by both social and non social conditions. Applications of the principles in teaching strategies, thus, vary according to both subject matter and individual student characteristics.
Learning outcomes related to intellectual skills predominate in learning objectives. This type of learning is characterized by the application of rules to previously encountered examples. Through this approach, students learn how to apply knowledge to classroom examples, and how to transfer this knowledge to new situations, or problems. Problem solvi
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