Enjoy this great video where Dwight from The Office is trained with Pavlovian Classical Conditioning!
Wasn't that great?!
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Multimedia Friday | 05/25/2007
Category: Humor • Popular Culture • Psychology • Video
Posted on: May 25, 2007 10:26 AM, by The Omnibrain
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Not quite classical conditioning. Dwight is cued by the bell to expect an offered Altoid, but he only gets the reward for his interaction with the experimenter.
If the bell rang and the candy fell from a dispenser, Dwight could be classically trained. But since his action is required for the connections to be made, this training includes operant conditioning.
Posted by: Old Ratlab Geezer | May 25, 2007 1:32 PM
{eurosnobbery} You know, that really is totally inferior to the British original series. {/eurosnobbery}
Posted by: Johan | May 26, 2007 3:43 PM