There was a classic film many many years ago from Skinner's lab (may have been by Robert Epstein) showing a pigeon trained separately to push a chair, and to stand on a chair to peck at a cardboard banana (a clear riff on Kohler). The pigeon spontaneously combined the two behaviors into a chain that had not been explicitly taught, looking at the banana, then the chair, then pushing the chair under the banana (with much sighting) until it could stand on the chair and peck the banana.
On Jan 12, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Christopher Green wrote: > I friend sent this to me yesterday. It looks trained to me, especially the > dog nosing the chair over to the counter. An who leaves food sitting in their > toaster oven in the morning, especially if one has a dog? > > Chris > --- > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > [email protected] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > ========================= > > On 2014-01-12, at 8:29 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > >> Here's a fun video I discovered (after almost 2 million people already >> discovered it) that shows a dog figuring out how to get at some food. The >> video reminded me of the Kohler's research. A good example to talk about >> while discussing Kohler or during a discussion on intelligence/cognition or >> learning. is this a "smart dog" (anthropomorphism) or an example of >> behavioral chaining? >> >> >> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. Paul Brandon Emeritus Professor of Psychology Minnesota State University, Mankato [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=32670 or send a blank email to leave-32670-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
