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Subject: RE: [tips] Re: O.H Mowrer
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 14:12:41 -0500

>At 9:05 PM +0200 5/8/06, Philippe Gervaix wrote:
>>Tipsters,
>>Mowrer is often cited in the context of learning and conditionning.
>>But also within the field of psychotherapy, and according to some 
>>sources he seems to have worked at the integration of psychology and
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>>religon or spirituality.
>>Can anyone shed light on this? Any insight into Mowrer's bio?
>
 I think that Mowrer introduced the idea of hope as an intervening
variable in learning.I also think that he was responsible for
developing the two-factor theory of learning:the idea that acquisition
takes place through classical conditioning and we learn to manage
specific behaviors through instrumental conditioning.

Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida


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