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Skinner’s Rats – rats with wings.

Dec 16

Posted by Stephen

Here are a couple of clips from YouTube about Skinner’s experiments on operant conditioning.

A shorter clip of the pigeon turning in a circle to gain food is after the jump.

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Pavlov’s Dog – The Office style

Dec 16

Posted by Stephen

One of Jim’s pranks on Dwight:

After the jump there’s a clip from an Eddie Izzard about Pavlov’s cats:

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