The association between the conditioned stimulus (CS) and the unconditioned stimulus (US) may still be present and only seem to be lost due to other forms of imposed learning. ... Method Subjects The animals were 11 male and female albino rats provided from a local supplier. ... The rat was placed in the Skinner box, and its group determined whether or not the light stimulus was on. ... Before the rat was placed in the Skinner box the light stimulus was turned on. ...

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Most training of horses uses what animal behaviorists call negative reinforcement, which means that the reward is the removal of an unpleasant stimulus. For example, to get the horse to move forward, the rider squeezes with his or her legs; once the horse moves forward the rider stops squeezing, this way rewarding the horse by removing the stimulus. ...

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In the Kojasho school of karate each student identifies himself with one of the eighteen animals of lohan. ... Because of this he took windy days as a good omen because it was the element that corresponded with dragon, which is the animal that he beileves that he fights most like. ... Dorian would never try to show emotion right up till he began his first attack in a match and then he would "try to overload the enemy with stimulus" but immediately after it was over his face "would become like stone". ...

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THE PAINTER The narrator of the story begins by describing a local boy in the village who was a talented artist. The villagers were proud of his ability and bought his paintings to hang in their homes. The boy seemed to favour pastoral scenes of the landscape and wildlife although at times it was su...

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Watson directed numerous sorts of research and experiments on animal behavior, raising children, and advertising. ... It creates the impression that the guardians could serve as the discriminative stimulus (SD) in the operant standard. ...

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(Encarta) The animals were another major band ,they blended blues and r&b music. ... American musicians responded to the British musical stimulus by experimenting with new forms, technologies, and stylistic influences. ...

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Like Chris, many individuals who are extroverted are stimulus-seeking (Hindelang, 1969, p.24). ... He understood the bond animals share together (like humans), and rejected responsibility of breaking that bond. ...

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Jack London (John Griffith) (1876-1916) Prolific American novelist and short story writer, whose works deal romantically the overwhelming power of nature and the struggle for survival. London's identification with the wilderness makes him the antecedent of the Green movement. His left-wing philosophy is seen in the class struggle novel THE IRON HEEL (1908). JOHN BARLEYCORN, which describes the London's drinking bouts, connects him with such authors as Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac. On the other hand, London's views about the superiority of white people and that only the ...

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