Name: Episode 11 — The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
Released: 1982-12-19
Duration: 53 min

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1982 • 44 seasons • Documentary, Family • TV-PG

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Episode 11 — The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

Released: 1982-12-19 • Documentary/Family

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First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigation by Otto Pfungst of "Kluge Hans" (Clever Hans) a horse whose apparent knowledge of arithmetic was actually response to subtle signals from his trainer. We also see dramatizations of Thomdike's experiments with chicks, Watson's with terns, and B. F. Skinner's famed work at Harvard in the thirties.

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Episode air date	19.12.1982
Episode runtime	53 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Documentary / Family
TMDB series rating	7.8
IMDb series rating	8.9
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US