When I was teaching learning theory, I'd use that example of single trial learning. Amazing to see the sudden revelation in the students' eyes as they suddenly understood the concept.
larry On 1/13/06, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I *hate* tequila.. tequila bad... worm...bad, I remember nothing else.. > > Scott A. Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > GNSI > 11820 Parklawn Dr > Rockville, MD 20852 > (301) 770-9610 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 10:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Morning Routine > > tequila. 19 years old A friend decided to have a tequila party, so I > went and got so painfully blasted. Ever since I cannot touch the > stuff. > > Its a perfect example of single trial learning. Most learning is a > trial-and-error process or requires repeated performance and > reinforcement. Single-trial learning is a special case where, under > just the right conditions, once is enough. The best known form of > single-trial learning is known as the Sauce Béarnaise Syndrome. If you > eat or drink something new, or something that's not very familiar and > then a while later you get sick, after that just the smell of whatever > will trigger a feeling of nausea among other things. > > Sound familiar? > > larry > > On 1/13/06, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think everybody remembers the first thiing they got truly drunk on. > > > > For me... Jack Daniels. I drank a coffee mug FULL of it in one swig when > I was about 15. To this day, even the bottle gives me shivers... haha. And > if I catch a whiff of it, I'm instantly nauseous. > > > > >Nasty. > > > > > >That was the first thing I ever got drunk on. I was 11 or 12 and > sleeping > > >over a friends house. Three of us drank a bottle of it and we all got > > >alcohol poisoning. > > > > > >I can't even smell that stuff without feeling sick to this day, and it's > > >been 20 years. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:192263 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
