PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 29 Outline of Last Lecture I Early American Psychology II a Hugo Munsterburg i Industrial Psychology Behaviorism a Ivan Pavlov 1849 1936 i Nobel Prize for work on digestion using dogs ii Salivary Reflex iii Classical Conditioning Outline of Current Lecture I Behaviorism a Edward Thorndike 1874 1949 i Read Principles of Psychology by James ii Harvard iii PhD at Columbia iv Connectionism v Conclusions of Research Current Lecture I Behaviorism a Edward Thorndike i Read Principles of Psychology by James 1 Got him a little interested in Psychology ii Attended Harvard MA 1895 1 Wants to teach tries to find the fastest pas to PhD a Work with animals 2 Research on learning with chickens with James a Neighbors thought he was a circus trainer James let him keep the chickens in his basement b Put the chicken through the maze i First time trial and error very distressed ii Second time less distressed less time iii Over time the chicken was able to increase performance and have zero distress iii PhD at Columbia 1898 with James Cattell 1 Dissertation was first scientific study on learning These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a Now has lab space iv Connectionism Study of associations 1 Puzzle box research what to manipulate to get out a trial and error learning b Starved a cat then put food outside the box to motivate the cat c See if can wanders around aimlessly second time or if the cat remembers the level the cat gets faster at the task v Conclusions of Research 1 Learning principles a Learning is incremental time to escape decreases the more trials there are
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