Kent,
I would see the example as classical conditioning. The whistle
would be the neutral stimulus, the birdseed would be the the unconditioned
stimulus and the flocking to the stadium would be the unconditioned
response. After repeated pairings between the neutral stimulus and
unconditioned stimulus, the whistle alone (now the conditioned stimulus)
will elicit the flocking to the stadium (now the conditioned response).
Nina
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On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, Kent Korek wrote:
> On Psych-News, the high school psychology teachers counterpart to TIPS, we
> have been having a minor debate on the following example.
>
> A MIT student went to the Harvard football stadium and blew a whistle then
> threw birdseed on the stadium floor. Birds came flocking.. He continued
> this for a number of days. On opening day of football season when the
> official blew the whistle - guess what?? birds came flocking..delaying the
> game..
>
> We'd appreciate it if some of the learning specialist on TIPS could help us
> resolve the issue? Is the above example classical or operant conditioning?
> Why or why not? Please respond to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or to TIPS.
>
> On a side note, to the best of our knowledge the example is an urban myth.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Kent Korek
>
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> Kent Korek
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