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Learning and Ethology
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15
Psychology
Graduate
10/31/2006

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Studied observational learning
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Bandura, A.
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Discovered and studied instinctual drift
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Breland, K. and Breland, M.
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Proposed a theory of evolution with natural selection as its centerpiece
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Darwin, C.
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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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Garcia, J.
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Studied insight in problem-solving
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Kohler, W.
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Ethologist who studied unlearned, instinctual behaviors in the natural environment
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Lorenz, K.
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Discovered the basic principles of classical conditioning
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Pavlov, I
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Suggested that a more-preferred activity could be used to reinforce a less-preferred activity
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Premack, D.
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Performed experiments that showed that contiguity could not fully explain classical conditioning; proposed contingency theory of classical conditioning
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Rescorla, R.
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Developed principles of operant conditioning
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Skinner, B.F.
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Proposed the law of effect; used puzzle boxes to study problem-solving in cats
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Thorndike, E.
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Ethologist who introduced experimental methods into field situations
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Tinbergen, N.
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Ethologist who studied communication in honey bees
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von Frisch, K.
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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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Watson, J.
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Developed sociobiology
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Wilson, EO
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