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In an experiment that Thorndike conducted, he placed a hungry cat inside a "puzzle box", where the animal could only escape and reach the food once it could operate the latch of the door. At first the cats would scratch and claw in order to find a way out, then by chance / accident, the cat would activate the latch to open the door.
In his famous experiment, a cat was placed in a series of puzzle boxes in order to study the law of effect in learning. [4] He plotted to learn curves which recorded the timing for each trial. Thorndike's key observation was that learning was promoted by positive results, which was later refined and extended by B. F. Skinner's operant conditioning.
Original puzzle box designed by Edward Thorndike. In 1898, American psychologist, Edward Thorndike proposed the 'law of effect', which formed the basis of operant conditioning. [8] Thorndike conducted experiments to discover how cats learn new behaviors. His work involved monitoring cats as they attempted to escape from puzzle boxes.
Edward Lee Thorndike (() August 31, 1874 – () August 9, 1949) was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University.His work on comparative psychology and the learning process led to his "theory of connectionism" and helped lay the scientific foundation for educational psychology.
Schrödinger's cat (6 P) Pages in category "Thought experiments about cats" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Edward Lowe. Edward Lowe (July 10, 1920 – October 4, 1995) was an American businessman and entrepreneur, noted for the invention of cat litter. [1] The Small Business School described him as "building a huge business from nothing", [2] and cites him as a textbook example of an individual who "created a product, brought it to marketplace, invented an industry and sold his business for ...
According to Dr. Ian Smith, a gasoline spill on a disposable tarp can be absorbed using cat litter. He recommends leaving the cat litter down for at least 48 hours. If you don't have cat litter ...
The time it takes light to traverse back-and-forth along the Lorentz–contracted length of the longitudinal arm is given by: = + = / + / + = / = where T 1 is the travel time in direction of motion, T 2 in the opposite direction, v is the velocity component with respect to the luminiferous aether, c is the speed of light, and L L the length of the longitudinal interferometer arm.