Behavior --Ý Classroom ActivityÝ

Reflexes

--Startle reflexÝ (pop a balloon)

-- Have student press arm against a wall for 1 minute, then step away and relax, arm should raise.Ý Student will need to explain this to the class

Conditioning

-- Tell students to make a tally mark on their paper each time you say ìwriteî.Ý Couple that with a banging of a rule on a desk.ÝÝ After a while, students will put a tally mark from hearing the bang without the word

Habits

-- Dictate a sentence to the students and have them write it.ÝÝÝ Then dictate the same passage again but tell students not to cross their Tís or dot their Iís

Trial and Error Learning

-- Hand out the mazes, one student tries the maze while the other times.ÝÝ After the fourth time of going through the maze, times should be compared.Ý (Have students cover completed mazes so you donít use them, you must REMEMBER the path)

Reasoning

-- Give students 10 notecards and a length of masking tape (about 3 feet).Ý Their mission is to design a structure as tall as they can.Ý (Work in groups)

Memory

-- Give students a list of meaningless words, ask to memorize, compare it to memorizing a list of words that have meaning

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