According to behaviorism, instruction should provide necessary stimulus in order for learners to produce desired response. it is important that the learner must know how to execute the proper response under the required conditions in order to produce the desired response (ertmer & newby, 1993). instruction should provide learner with opportunities that the learner practice to elicit the desired outcome.

Read the passage. when mother’s fever persisted for a week, father summoned our family doctor. dr. blakemore applied leeches to mother’s skin in hopes of reducing the amount of blood in her body. despite the doctor’s efforts, she languished in bed for three more days before her appetite returned and she requested a thin broth. our dear cook, mrs. davis, prepared the broth and delivered it to my mother directly, eager to ease her discomfort. what can readers infer about the time period of the passage?