Chapter 9 Flashcards
(51 cards)
who was the horse’s owner?
Mr. Von Osten
what did he want to prove?( horses owner)
animals and humans have similar mental processes, but animals are not trained properly
what investigation of the horses ability took place?
horses ability with math and hoof stomping
what did a grad student discover( Pfungst)
Hans was responding to cues from the questionnaire
who was clever Hans?
A horse
what schedule of reinforcement did he learn on?
partial reinforcement
why is this significant ?
it marks a change in focus from animal consciousness —-animal behavior
introspection by analogy — to what?
objective experimentation
Thorndike transitioned between what?
functionalism—- behaviorism
what was Thorndike’s focus
learning theory
Thorndike was the first to use what as a dissertation?
Animals
Thorndike’s puzzle box worked with?
kitty cats
what did he do to the kitty cats?
trapped them is a box…
what was the only way for them to get out?
has to trip a switch to get out
what type of measurement did he use for wrong behaviors?
quantitative ( time needed to escape the box)
Thorndike’s theory of learning? 3 things?
learning occurs incrementally
through trial and error
learning can occur automatically
Connectionism
Thorndike’s word for learning
what was the association between stimuli and response?
stimuli and response ( condition and behavior)
What did Thorndike believe?
only used/ adaptive behaviors are selected
what does learning occur without ?
ideation (ideas purpose)
What terminology did Thorndike use in his Law of Effect
mentalistic terminology
what is an example of Thorndike’s law of effect and mentalistic terminology??
if you do something and you like the result you will remember what you did and how it turned out
what is more powerful in the law of effect?
reward is more powerful then repetition and punishment
what were Thorndike’s contributions?
objective quantification experimentation learning theory behavioral focus mechanistic
