...non-successful impulses will be stamped out and the particular impulse leading to the successful act will lie stamped in by the resulting pleasure, until, after...store of instinctive impulses, the cat hits upon the successful movement, and gradually associates it with the sense-impression of the interior of the box...

...to the food outside, but seems simply to strive instinctively to escape from confinement. The vigor with which it struggles is extraordinary. For eight...immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way."1 In the present research only cats were used, and the environments were similar to those used...

...to the food outside but seems simply to strive instinctively to escape from confinement. The vigor with which it struggles is extraordinary. For eight...immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way." In my earlier research only cats were used, in the later experiments only monkeys. The environments...

...reaction to confinement or to an association, it is likely to succeed in letting the cat out of the box. The cat that is clawing all over the box in her impulsive...immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way. The starting point for the formation of any association in these cases, then, is the set of instinctive...

...And gradually all the other non-successful impulses will be stamped out and the particular impulses leading to the successful act will be stamped in by...pleasure, until, after many trials, the cat will, when put into the box, immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way. Previous experience makes a difference...

...reaction to confinement or to an association, it is likely to succeed in letting the cat out of the box. The cat that is clawing all over the box in her impulsive...immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way. etc. From among these movements one is selected by success. But this is the starting point only in...

...the door. And gtadually all the ... nonsuccessful [acts] will be stamped out and the particular . . . successful act will be stamped in by the resulting...immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way.3 (3) Finally, Thorndike observed that in some cases of learned puzzle-box behavior "there is no...

...nonsuccessful impulses will he stamped out and the particular impulse leading to the successful act will he stamped in by the resulting pleasure, until after...immediately claw the button or loop in a definite way. (pp. 35-40 fitalics addedli This sounds similar to a modern conception of the law of effect. However,...

...impulsive struggle probably claw the string or loop or button so as to open the door. And igradually all the other non-successful impulses will be stamped...store of instinctive impulses, the cat hits upon the successful movement, and .gradually associates it with the sense-impression of the interior of the...