Actually, Skinner uses "reflex" to describe both operant and classical conditioning in "The Behavior of Organisms." He generally abandoned this later. I think "emitted" for operant and "elicited" for classical is the better terminology. Of course, many people think that even the emitted/elicited distinctions is artificial.
Autoshaping really gets at the skeletal versus visceral distinction rather than instrumental versus reflex distinction. -- Jim At 11:38 AM 4/23/02 -0500, you wrote: >Could "reflex" cause some confusion in discussions of autoshaping? > >Paul Brandon wrote: > > > Unless you're teaching a history course, it would be clearer to your > > students to standardize on one set of terms: > > > > operant respondent > > Skinnerian Pavlovian > > instrumental reflex > > classical > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
