PSYC 2330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Kenneth Spence, Edward Thorndike, Classical Conditioning
11 Apr 2013
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Edward thorndike - instrumental response occurs in the context of specific environmental stimuli. Three events to consider when analysing instrumental learning: the stimulus context (s), the instrumental response (r), and the response outcome (o). The instrumental response (r) occurs in the presence of the distinctive stimuli (s) and results in the delivery of the response outcome (o). The s-r association and the law of effect. Believed by thorndike that it is the key to instrumental learning and the law of effect. Instrumental learning involves the establishment of an s-r association; the role of the reinforcer is to stamp in the s-r association. The s-r association was disfavoured during the later part of the 20th century but has recently been resurged in s-r mechanism. Wood and neal recently proposed a new comprehensive model of human habits that is similar to thorndike"s s-r association. Not considered until approximately 40 years after the law of effect.
