What would happen if the child did not open his mouth? The problem seems similar to distinguishing between voluntary and involuntary (conditioned) eyeblinks in humans.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. < [email protected]> wrote: > I’ve been watching a film of Pavlov’s conditioning experiments that was (I > believe) taken in his lab. I was surprised to discover that, in an > experiment on a child, they seemed to be studying what eventually came to > be called “operant conditioning,” not “Pavlovian conditioning.” I know that > early learning researchers did not make a clear distinction between the > two. But I was surprised that Pavlov and his colleagues apparently confused > the two, as well. > > In the experiment, a boy was conditioned to open his mouth when his hand > was stimulated. When he did this, a cookie was “shot” into his mouth. The > film states that the “conditioned reflex” is opening the mouth in response > to hand stimulation. > > I need to get to class, but you can watch the clip here: > https://www.dropbox.com/s/gmqf25fexkq6pja/Pavlov%20-%20Operant%20Conditioning%20in%20Humans.mp4?dl=0 > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jeffry Ricker, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Social/Behavioral Sciences > Scottsdale Community College > 9000 E. Chaparral Road > Scottsdale, AZ 85256-2626 > Office: SB-123 > Fax: (480) 423-6298 > Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJeffryRicker/timeline/ > LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeffry-ricker/3b/511/438 > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa657a&n=T&l=tips&o=47071 > or send a blank email to > leave-47071-357701.a768e95c4963686e69b47febf8aa6...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Michael T. Scoles, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology & Counseling University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR 72035 501-450-5418 --- 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=47072 or send a blank email to leave-47072-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
