Okay, so what's the difference between chaining, shaping and the method of 
successive approximations?


Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
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On Jan 12, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote:

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> 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.
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> On Jan 12, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Christopher Green wrote:
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>> 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? 
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>> Chris
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>> Christopher D. Green
>> Department of Psychology
>> York University
>> Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
>> Canada
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>> On 2014-01-12, at 8:29 AM, Michael Britt wrote:
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>>> 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?
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>>> Michael A. Britt, Ph.D.
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> Paul Brandon
> Emeritus Professor of Psychology
> Minnesota State University, Mankato
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