she says Pavlov studied Operant Conditioning. She's wrong. He studied Classical Conditioning. There's a difference. I wonder how much more she got WRONG.

>> ^Trancecoach:

Read the link I posted.
Better yet, read the book the link is referring to.

I'll add it to my list.

Read the link I posted.
Better yet, read the book the link is referring to.

>> ^NetRunner:

>> ^Trancecoach:
Too bad Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning is philosophically unsound.

I think the behavioralist response to that is that there's a lot of evidence that we're simpler machines than we think we are, and that much of our conceptions about our motivations and thought processes are post-hoc justifications of what we did without conscious thought.
I definitely prefer the way philosophers approach human action, but I've got this gnawing doubt that they simply assume we're far more rational than we really are. After all, if we were rational, simple questions like "what is right and what is wrong" wouldn't be so hard to answer.

>> ^Trancecoach:

Too bad Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning is philosophically unsound.


I think the behavioralist response to that is that there's a lot of evidence that we're simpler machines than we think we are, and that much of our conceptions about our motivations and thought processes are post-hoc justifications of what we did without conscious thought.

I definitely prefer the way philosophers approach human action, but I've got this gnawing doubt that they simply assume we're far more rational than we really are. After all, if we were rational, simple questions like "what is right and what is wrong" wouldn't be so hard to answer.

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Too bad Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning is philosophically unsound.

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That's not taste bad control, that's classical conditioning, also known as Pavlovian conditioning after the most famous describer of the effect. The experiment referenced by Jim was Pavlov's dog experiement, where he rang a bell to call his dogs to eat. After a few times, simply ringing the bell caused the dogs to salivate without even seeing food.

As such, would you consider changing the title of the video?