Okay, so what's the difference between chaining, shaping and the method of successive approximations?
Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. [email protected] http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt On Jan 12, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=32670 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-32670-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- 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=32675 or send a blank email to leave-32675-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
