A perfect opportunity for in-class (or online) debate/discussion. I would assume that most students if shown the video would respond with: "Smart horse!". So: is this an example of animal intelligence or as Joan suggests "self-shaping"? Cognition vs. Behaviorism.
Personally, the video reminded me of Thorndike's cats. Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: mbritt On Feb 15, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Joan Warmbold <jwarm...@oakton.edu> wrote: > Thanks Gary. An amusing story as well as a funny and impressive video > showing a mare who has figured out how to open an amazing variety of > locks. It was shaping but self-shaping of sorts. Apparently she enjoyed > playing with things with her mouth from the get-go and soon progressed to > fooling around with locks. Imagine that eureka moment when her 'fooling > around with a lock' succeeded in opening it! Whether by intent or > fortuitous, as Pasteur once said, "Chance favors the prepared mind!" > > Have a great Presidents' Day you all. > > Joan > jwarm...@oakton.edu > >> Okay, not exactly Clever Hans, but still cleverly shaped behavior. I am >> not sure what kind of locks they are talking about here either. >> >> http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2013/02/houdini_horse_from_midland_is.html#incart_river >> >> >> >> G.L. (Gary) Peterson,Ph.D >> Psychology@SVSU >> >> >> >> --- >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: jwarm...@oakton.edu. >> To unsubscribe click here: >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=23754 >> or send a blank email to >> leave-23754-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu >> > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958f69&n=T&l=tips&o=23760 > or send a blank email to > leave-23760-13405.0125141592fa9ededc665c55d9958...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23789 or send a blank email to leave-23789-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
