I think you're spending too much time in the bathroom! But, I'd be willing to bet that there's plenty of evidence that non-human animals value symmetry. Now that I am supposed to be writing a test, you have given me a distracting task. Carol
Carol DeVolder, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology St. Ambrose University Davenport, Iowa 52803 phone: 563-333-6482 e-mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Rick Froman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:53 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] the matching law and toilet paper I like the symmetry hypothesis too. Is there any evidence that animals may also value symmetry? How could we develop a critical test of the two competing theories: symmetry vs. matching? Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences John Brown University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [email protected] ________________________________________ From: David Epstein [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 1:46 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] the matching law and toilet paper On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Rick Froman went: > In those situations where both are always available, I wonder if > this is an example of the Matching Law in which the number [of] > responses made to each choice will match the work required to > achieve the reinforcement. My guess is that there's an active aesthetic choice being made: people like symmetry and will therefore keep the two rolls at roughly equal sizes. There's a really silly thesis project just waiting to be done here. --David Epstein [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
