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  | | JANUARY 31, 2016 |  | | Canine and punishment | The famous behaviorist B.F. Skinner made a discovery in the course of working with birds that's known as "pigeon superstition" to this day. Basically, he had a group of pigeons in a cage along with an automatic bird feeder.
The feeder would dispense a pigeon treat at regular intervals, and that timing had absolutely nothing to do with the pigeons' behavior. However, it wasn’t very long before each of the pigeons began showing very specific and different behaviors in order to get food. One of them would circle the cage counterclockwise, for example, while another would stick his head up into a corner of the cage.
Skinner never set out to teach these behaviors to the pigeons. They adapted them on their own in response to a reward, but the learning was accidental. Sound familiar...? |  | | | | © Copyright 2016 Cesar's Way, Inc. All rights reserved.  | |