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D.O. Hebb
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“The law of effect is roughly this. An act that is closely followed by satisfaction, pleasure, or comfort will be learned; one that is followed by discomfort, forgotten or eliminated.”
― The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
― The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
“So also with the effect of set on perception (perceptual set is another aspect of the phase sequence, closely related to attention). It has been shown that in certain circumstances one sees what one expects, or is set, to see. But this is no general rule, else one would be incapable of seeing the unexpected. When a stimulation is sufficiently strong or distinctive from its background, and familiar or composed of familiar parts, it will be capable of initiating its own phase sequence, regardless of what other phase sequence may be going on at the moment. (If the new phase sequence is incompatible with the pre-existing one, startle or emotion may result.) The sensory event is capable of taking control of central action, just as in other circumstances the central action is capable of reinforcing one sensory event at the expense of a second.”
― The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
― The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
“After reaching the food box the animal may turn and explore a blind alley, or retrace the entire maze (sometimes without a single error). His return to the food box is usually at a higher speed than the first part of the run, and he eats enthusiastically—on the second time of reaching food. Behavior is determined by the central phase sequence, and this means that the sequence is recurrent as well as anticipatory. Similarly, “mental backtracking” is reported by the blindfold human subject learning a stylus maze (Woodworth, 1938, p. 143).”
― The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
― The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory
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