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Nature

The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

E11    Dec 19, 1982    53m    TV-G
First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigation by Otto Pfungst of "Kluge Hans" (Clever Hans) a horse whose apparent knowledge of arithmetic was actually response to subtle signals from his trainer. We also see dramatizations of Thomdike's experiments with chicks, Watson's with terns, and B. F. Skinner's famed work at Harvard in the thirties.
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Cast of The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
  • Donald C. JohansonSelf
  • George PageNarrator

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