Thorndike & Skinner

Thorndike

1.      Edward Thorndike placed a cat in a puzzle box. The cat was required to figure how to get out of the box to reach the food.

2.      Law of Effect: This law states that if a result is positive than the individual is more likely to repeat it.

3.      Law of Exercise: The response is followed by the stimulus hence they are related. This law informed individuals learn better from experience than from watching.

B.F. Skinner

1.      Operant Conditioning: method of learning due to rewards and punishments.

2.      Reinforcement helps behavior to increase.

3.      Punishment reinforces the behavior positively or negatively.

4.      Positive Reinforcement: something is given Negative Reinforcement: something is taken away.

Works Cited:
http://psychology.about.com/od/behavioralpsychology/a/introopcond.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/law-of-exercise