Sunday, 13 July 2014

Psychologist B. F. Skinner got pigeons to repeat strange “rituals”…

Psychologist B. F. Skinner got pigeons to repeat strange “rituals” by dropping food into their cage at random intervals — the birds associated their actions before the treats with reward, and demonstrated superstitious repetition of those actions.






from Crazy Facts http://ift.tt/VZClSw

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