PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Puzzle (Band), Mandelbrot Set, Reinforcement
15 Dec 2016
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> instrumental conditioning: the learning of a contingency between behaviour and consequence. Put the focus on overt behaviour rather than on mental elements or conscious experiences. > the puzzle box was a small chamber with a door that could be opened by performing a speci c behaviour such as pulling on a rope. Outside the box was a small dish of food that provided motivation for the hungry cat to escape. > over several trials, the cat was placed in the puzzle box as thorndyke carefully observed their behaviours and recorded their escape over time. > how would the cats react to the puzzle box? . > at rst, the hungry animal would engage in random behaviour as they tried to escape. As the animal struggled, it would eventually come upon the solution of pulling on the rope by accident.
