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274 B. F. SKINNER magazine was presented once every min. resembles in every respect the characteristic curve for the pigeon under periodic reinforcement of a standard selected response. A well marked temporal discrimina-tion develops. The bird does not respond immediately after eating, but when 10 or 15 or even 20 sec. have elapsed it begins to ...
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Skinner, B. F. (1948). 'Superstition' in the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 38 (2), 168–172. https:// https://doi.org/10.1037/h0055873. Abstract. "A pigeon is brought to a stable state of hunger by reducing it to 75 percent of its weight when well fed. It is put into an experimental cage for a few minutes each day.
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One of Skinner's experiments examined the formation of superstition in one of his favorite experimental animals, the pigeon. Skinner placed a series of hungry pigeons in a cage attached to an automatic mechanism that delivered food to the pigeon "at regular intervals with no reference whatsoever to the bird's behavior."
Skinner, B. F. (1992). "Superstition" in the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 121 (3), 273–274. https://. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.121.3.273. Abstract. (This reprinted article originally appeared in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1948, Vol 38, 168–272.
Superstition in the pigeon. Journal of. Experimental Psychology, 38, 168-172. We will examine one study from a huge body of research carried out by one of the most influential and most widely known psychologists ever, B. F. Skinner. Deciding how to present Skinner and which of his studies to explore was a difficult task.
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The stereotype of a bespectacled experimenter in a white lab coat, engaged in shaping behavior through the operant conditioning of lab rats or pigeons in contraptions known as Skinner boxes comes directly from Skinner’s immeasurably influential research.
Jun 27, 2013 · Originally published in 1948, Superstition in The Pigeon is a learning theory classic. Note To Psychology Students If you ever have to do a paper, assignment or class project on the work of...
