Learning by reinforcement
- Date
1957
- Summary
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Discusses and demonstrates through film clips the concept of learning by reinforcement. Describes the shaping of behavior by rewarding of a correct action when it occurs by chance. Illustrates the nature of reinforcement by reward, the disappearance of a learned response when reward is discontinued, and the learning of discriminative and cooperative behavior. Uses filmed sequences of Skinner's experimental work with pigeons. (WGBH-TV)
- Contributors
Edwin G. Boring; Joseph C. Stevens; Thomas K. Sisson; Lowell Institute Cooperative Broadcasting Council; WGBH-TV
- Publishers
National Education Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genre
Educational
- Subject
Operant conditioning ; Psychology ; Learning, Psychology of.
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Physical Description
1 Film (0:00:00); 16mm
- Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003093996; Other: GR00462279; MDPI Barcode: 40000003093996
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.