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| Studied observational learning |
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| studied instinctual drift=instinctual ways of behaving are able to override behaviors learned through operant conditioning |
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| Proposed theory of evolution with natural selection as its centerpiece |
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| Studied taste-aversion learning and proposed that some species are biologically prepared to learn connections between certain stimuli |
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| studied insight in problem solving |
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| studied unlearned, instinctual behaviors in the natural environment |
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| Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning |
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| Suggested the Premack Principle: that a more-preferred activity can be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity |
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| Performed experiments which showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning |
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| Developed principles of operant conditioning |
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-Proposed law of effect= that responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular situation become more likely to recur in that situation, and responses that produce a discomforting effect become less likely to recur in that situation.
-used the puzzle box to study problem solving in cats |
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Ethologist who introduced experimental methods in field situation
Did experiment on aggression in male stickle backs |
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| Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees |
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| Performed experiment on little Albert that suggested that the acquisition of phobias was due to classical conditioning |
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| Developed method of systematic desensitization to eliminate phobias |
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