Extinction?! Quite the contrary. In my mind this is a good example of variable ratio/interval of reinforcement.
Thanks for sharing. I admit to being a fan of this show. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Britt" <mich...@thepsychfiles.com> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 9:31:56 AM Subject: [tips] Funny Example of Extinction This 30 second video - an excerpt from the TV cartoon "Family Guy" - is both funny and a good example of the idea of extinction. It fails at the end of the video, but I can see the video being used as fun way to introduce/demonstrate the concept: http://youtu.be/aOLxQGLJouI Michael Michael A. Britt, Ph.D. mich...@thepsychfiles.com http://www.ThePsychFiles.com Twitter: @mbritt --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: miguelr...@comcast.net. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=1133043.af3ec43309a63197bc82eb6702801542&n=T&l=tips&o=29046 or send a blank email to leave-29046-1133043.af3ec43309a63197bc82eb6702801...@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=29049 or send a blank email to leave-29049-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu