PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 29 Outline of Last Lecture I. Early American Psychologya. Hugo Munsterburgi. Industrial Psychology II. Behaviorisma. Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)i. Nobel Prize for work on digestion (using dogs)ii. Salivary Reflexiii. Classical Conditioning Outline of Current Lecture I. Behaviorisma. Edward Thorndike (1874-1949)i. Read “Principles of Psychology” by Jamesii. Harvardiii. PhD at Columbiaiv. Connectionismv. Conclusions of ResearchCurrent Lecture I. Behaviorisma. Edward Thorndikei. Read “Principles of Psychology” by James1. Got him a little interested in Psychology ii. Attended Harvard, MA (1895)1. Wants to teach, tries to find the fastest pas to PhDa. Work with animals2. Research on learning with chickens with Jamesa. Neighbors thought he was a circus trainer, James let him keep the chickens in his basementb. Put the chicken through the mazei. First time: trial and error, very distressedii. Second time: less distressed, less timeiii. Over time the chicken was able to increase performance and have zero distressiii. PhD at Columbia (1898) with James Cattell1. Dissertation was first scientific study on learningThese 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 associations1. Puzzle box research: what to manipulate to get outa. “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 Research1. Learning principlesa. Learning is incremental (time to escape decreases the more trials there
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