Thorndike and Skinner

Edward Throndike

1.Edward Thorndike put a cat in a puzzle box. Outside there was food so the cat had to figure out how to open the box so it could reach the food. this was a huge challenge fot the cat inside the box.
2. the law of effect is the actions or the consequences that will affect you in the future.
3. the law of exercise is the stimulus and the response are related with each other more frequently the response is followed by the stimulus. This is that no one can learn by only watching it is better if the individual can practice the skill.
B.F. Skinner
1. operante conditioning is the reinforcemnet and the punishment that changes your behavior tendancy.
2. reinforcemnts always increases the behavior.
3. punishment always decreases the behavior.
4.positive is something that they give you, and negative is when they take something away.