QR Challenge: So you think you know Behaviourism?

Created using the ClassTools QR Treasure Hunt Generator

Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

• Download a QR reader (e.g. I-Nigma | NeoReader | Kaywa) onto their mobile devices
• Bring these devices into the lesson.

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

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B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

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C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

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Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question	Answer
1. Which psychologist developed the theory of \'Classical Conditioning\' from his work with dogs?	Pavlov
2. In the experiment carried out by students to demonstrate how classical conditioning works, what was the name of the student who was conditioned?	Brian
3. Who was the the American Educational Psychologist that developed \'The Law of Effect\'?	Edward Thorndike
4. What does the \'Law of Effect\' suggest in terms of behaviour?	Any behaviour that has a positive consequence will be repeated.
5. The use of reward and punishment for promoting positive behaviour is known as what type of conditioning?	Operant
6. Who was the controversial theorist that experimented on young children to demonstrate that emotional responses (phobias) can be conditioned?	John Watson
7. What was the name of the eight month old baby Watson experimented on?	Albert
8. What did Watson discover through his experiments?	That early childhood experiences influence adult personality.
9. Which behaviourist theorist discovered that reinforcement can be used to shape behaviour?	B F Skinner
10. Skinner suggested that reinforcement could be either of these.	Positive and Negative
11. What type of reinforcer is best used with young children because they cannot delay gratification?	Primary
12. A reinforcer that is given later is known as what?	Secondary

 

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