Learning happens when new experiences change learners' existing psychological structure. Therefore, the basis of learning is the formation and reorganization of learners' internal psychological structure, rather than the formation of stimulus-response relationship or the strengthening and change of behavior habits.

The teaching goal of behaviorism is to provide students with specific stimuli to arouse students' specific reactions, and the more specific and accurate this reaction is, the better. On the other hand, the cognitive theory represented by Bruner holds that the main task of teaching is to develop students' intelligence and cultivate their skills of operation, observation, symbolic operation and imagination.

Teaching task

The teaching goal of behaviorism is to provide students with specific stimuli to arouse students' specific reactions, and the more specific and accurate this reaction is, the better. On the other hand, the cognitive theory represented by Bruner holds that the main task of teaching is to develop students' intelligence and cultivate their skills of operation, observation, symbolic operation and imagination.

In Bruner's teaching thought, helping or promoting students' growth and development is its central theme. He once emphasized: "Teaching, in the final analysis, is an effort to help or promote people's growth. A teaching theory is actually a theory about how to use various means to help people grow and develop. "

At the same time, he stressed: "we can take the pursuit of excellent results as the overall goal of education;" However, it is necessary to be clear about the meaning of pursuing excellent results. The meaning here is not only students with excellent educational achievements, but also to help each student get the best intellectual development. "