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Title: instrumental learning?
Post by: coolhat on October 27, 2010, 05:01:03 pm

What is instrumental learning?

Title: Re: instrumental learning?
Post by: Bing 101 on October 27, 2010, 05:25:21 pm

Instrumental Learning, I think, is another term for operant conditioning. It describes an organism as being 'instrumental' in associating behaviour with its consequences.
Please correct me if I'm wrong  :)

Title: Re: instrumental learning?
Post by: Spreadbury on October 27, 2010, 06:17:41 pm

it was what thorndike called the learning demonstrated by the cat in his experiment

you are correct Bing 101

Title: Re: instrumental learning?
Post by: Visionz on October 27, 2010, 11:45:02 pm

What the other have said.

As basicly stated as possible... the learner is instrumental in the learning. durp durp

Title: Re: instrumental learning?
Post by: masonnnn on October 28, 2010, 09:46:35 am

He also originally called it Trial and Error Learning, yet it's just the same as operant conditioning really; just allowed thorndike to come up with the Law of Effect.