Operant Conditioning Concepts in Introductory Psychology Textbooks and Their Companion Web Sites

Autor/in	Sheldon, Jane P.
Titel	Operant Conditioning Concepts in Introductory Psychology Textbooks and Their Companion Web Sites
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 29 (2002) 4, S.281-285 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1207/S15328023TOP2904_04
Schlagwörter	Textbooks; Misconceptions; Information Sources; Operant Conditioning; Content Analysis; Psychology; Web Sites; Textbook Content; Introductory Courses; Internet; Behavior Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Missverständnis; Information source; Informationsquelle; Operante Konditionierung; Inhaltsanalyse; Psychologie; Web-Design; Lehrbuchtext; Einführungskurs
Abstract	Psychology instructors and textbook authors rate operant conditioning as one of the most essential concepts for students to learn, yet textbook writers, as well as students, can fall prey to misconceptions. This study is a content analysis of the presentation of operant conditioning in introductory psychology textbooks and their companion Web sites to discover if these information sources assist student learning or add to confusion. Results indicate that the failure to refer to changes in the likelihood of the organism's behavior when discussing operant conditioning was extremely common; this problem should be remedied to reduce students' misunderstandings. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10