Principles of Learning

- Association btw Sensation and Impulse - Animals (cats and chickens) in puzzle box experiments - Association made when actions result in satisfying consequences

(in Driscoll 2000) Ebbinghaus: Principle of association (1850-1909) Thorndike: Law of effect (1874-1949) Pavlov: Classical conditioning (1849-1946) Gestalt theory: Insightful learning (Early 1900s)