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Experiments in brain dissection show that the whole brain is involved in learning (1929)

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Card 7

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Experiments with cats and rats attempt to show that there is no such thing as instinct (1930)

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Card 8

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Demonstrated the effects of 'operant conditioning' in experiments on rats (1930)

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Discovered the phenomenon of imprinting, where baby animals assume a parent because of sensory information received at a critical time (1935)

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Card 10

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Suggested that 'single-trial learning' is adequate; conditioning need not rely on repetition (1938)

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Card 11

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Stated that drive reduction (satisfying our basic human needs) is the only true basis of reinforcement (1943)

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Card 12

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'Cognitive Maps in Rats and Men' suggested that we develop cognitive maps while we go about our daily lives (1948)

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Card 13

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Published 'Verbal Behavior', in which he claims that speech is a product of past behavioural and genetic history (1957)

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Card 14

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Conducted desensitization techniques on war veterans suffering from 'war neurosis' (1958)

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Card 15

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Wrote a critical review of 'Verbal Behaviour' that helped spark the cognitive revolution (1959)

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