It's an older edition. You can find a more current one at: http://www.sloanpublishing.com/catania__learning__4th_interim_ed. I doubt that the basic definitions have changed.
On Jan 14, 2014, at 7:04 AM, Michael Britt wrote: > Thanks Paul for this info. I found the Catania text here: > > http://www.amazon.com/Learning-A-Charles-Catania/dp/0132352508/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1389704322&sr=8-3&keywords=Catania+LEARNING > > Is this the one you're referring to? I see it's a bit old (1997), but of > course that doesn't mean that the information is incorrect. Just wanted to > check. Most people's reaction to the dog video: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ym0rxisOpw > > Has indeed been along the lines of "Wow -that's a smart dog!". I was > thinking that it make for an interesting episode of the podcast to present a > different (behavioral) explanation for the dog's behavior. Probably won't be > well received, because most of us like to anthropomorphize our pets, but will > stimulate discussion anyway. > > Michael > > Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. > [email protected] > http://www.ThePsychFiles.com > Twitter: @mbritt > > On Jan 12, 2014, at 8:20 PM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Shaping is a less technical term for the process of reinforcing successive >> approximations to a target behavior. >> Chaining is building up a sequence of behaviors, each under stimulus >> control, the sequence ending in a reinforcer. >> To oversimplify, one uses shaping (reinforcement of successive >> approximations) to cause a new behavior to occur. One then uses chaining to >> combine a number of shaped behaviors in sequence to build a more complex >> behavior. >> >> In the pigeon example, the pigeon was separately shaped through the >> reinforcement of successive approximations to peck a banana, stand on a >> chair, and push a chair. >> The pigeon then 'spontaneously' combined these three behaviors into a chain >> terminating in food reinforcement. >> >> I could go into much more detail. >> Catania's LEARNING text is a good source. >> >> On Jan 12, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Michael Britt wrote: >> >>> 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? >>>>>> 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=32715 or send a blank email to leave-32715-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
