Stop Action Principle
Stop Action Principle
Stop Action Principle
Guthrie and Horton were two researchers who followed Thorndike’s experimental paradigm.
The learning that took place in the puzzle box involved the strengthening of whatever behavior happened to be followed
by escape and food.
After their cats mastered the task (i.e., getting out of the box), there was relatively little variability from trial to trial for a
given cat, but there was considerable variability from one cat to the other.
STOP ACTION PRINCIPLE