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| 22 Mar 2017 09:19 PM |
| Please write a paragraph about your favorite animal. |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:20 PM |
| the human being, with the scientific name of #### sapien, is a very intelligent species in which i have lost my faith in. is one sentence enough? |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:22 PM |
| My favorite animal is a cat. Cats are graceful, curious, and cautious creatures. This is why I like them so much. They are so unique. How can they possibly be all four of those things? Not only are they those, but cats are also great pets. Their fur is usually very soft and very nice. When they sit on you, you can feel the nice heat from the cat. This is why cats are my favorite animal. Goodbye. |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:23 PM |
## ## Skinner; The Foundation of Operant Conditioning Ethology is the study of the various causes of specific animal behaviors. Many scientists have studied animals in fervor of finding out why animals do certain things. One of these scientists was Burrhus ######## ######## who had experimented to see how animals react to reinforcement of certain behaviors. B.##.##kinner had influenced the view of behaviorism and made huge contribution to fathoming animals further. Burrhus ######## ####### was born on March 20, 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. He first tried to be a poet and writer, but it didn’t develop as well as hoped. After this, he went to school at Harvard University and was awarded his master’s degree in psychology in 1930. He then went to be a researcher and teacher until he settled at Harvard again. At this university, he had studied rats to study animal behavior. To complete this task, he had made a specialized cage called a “Skinner Box”, which had a bar which when pulled, would dispense a bit of food into the cage. He had observed that when the rats had pressed the bar and saw it dispensed food, the rat would try it again to get more food from it. When the rat had been given food from the bar, he would keep pressing it. When food ceased, the rat would learn and adapt, leading to an “extinction” of the behavior. However, when the rat would try again and food would pop out, the behavior would come back – the rat would learn this behavior quicker since they already experienced it before. Skinner had observed that positive reinforcement led to a desire to do an action more than once, which made sense. Concluding that positive reinforcement was a success, when Skinner had found this behavior, he tried more experiments to see what would occur – he tried ratio schedules which included getting 1 piece of food for a certain amount of presses, and a fixed interval schedule where the rat would only get 1 piece of food per a certain amount of time when pressing on the button. He had also tried an experiment where the rat would only get a piece of food sometimes when pressing the bar. A very notable experiment he branched upon was aversive stimulus. Skinner had wanted to see what would happen if a rat was discouraged for doing an action. For example, if a rat was punished for pressing the bar, then the rat would then start to stop doing so. These experiments led to Skinner concluding that positive reinforcement was when an animal was rewarded for doing an action, and a behavior followed by an aversive stimulus results in a decreased probability (or negative reinforcement). By seeing how animals learned how they observed positive reinforcement from negative reinforcement, Skinner had started to understand certain behaviors of animals such as gambling. Though he believed that positive reinforcement was a success, negative reinforcement didn’t always work in some cases as well as planned. The rats had reportedly learned negative reinforcement slower than positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement also led to slower extinction in some experiments – for example, if the rat was both shocked and got food from the bar, he would only do it occasionally, leading to more of a desire to do so in the process. From studying these 2 main forms of reinforcement, Skinner now had a bigger understanding of many behaviors that animals do and why. Overall, Skinner had been quite influential to ethology because he gave society a fathoming of why animals do certain things. This included both positive and negative reinforcement studies, and conclusions based on such experiments. Skinner’s work had led to many explanations of behaviors. One such behavior is the training of animals – if you feed a dog every time he does a certain movement, the dog will continue to do said movement in hopes of being rewarded. Gambling had also been fathomed further from these studies; the judgement was that a person won’t know if they’ll win and probably won’t, but if they don’t try they won’t know. Negative reinforcement had led to a better grasp on how punishment works, and why it won’t always work as well. If a child is punished for a certain action, they won’t try doing again but the desire to do so will still be there, leading to the child only doing it less instead of ceasing the behavior. ######### ############### on operant conditioning had led the way to creating an even bigger understanding of behavior, and was a good foundation of it. |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:23 PM |
| that was a 2 page i think essay i had to write in a day |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:25 PM |
| wait here are the sources Works cited Boeree, C. ####### ### ## ######### ## ## Skinner. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Mar. 2017. Berger, Vincent, Dr. "Famous Psychologists: #### Skinner." Famous Psychologists - #### Skinner. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2017. "Classical and Operant Conditioning - Behaviorist Theories." Learning Theories. N.p., 04 Feb. 2017. Web. 09 Mar. 2017. |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:26 PM |
the human being, with the scientific name of #### sapien, is a very intelligent species in which i have lost my faith in. is one sentence enough?
Forgot the capitals although great! |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:27 PM |
My favorite animal is a cat. Cats are graceful, curious, and cautious creatures. This is why I like them so much. They are so unique. How can they possibly be all four of those things? Not only are they those, but cats are also great pets. Their fur is usually very soft and very nice. When they sit on you, you can feel the nice heat from the cat. This is why cats are my favorite animal. Goodbye.
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:29 PM |
## ## Skinner; The Foundation of Operant Conditioning Ethology is the study of the various causes of specific animal behaviors. Many scientists have studied animals in fervor of finding out why animals do certain things. One of these scientists was Burrhus ######## ######## who had experimented to see how animals react to reinforcement of certain behaviors. B.##.##kinner had influenced the view of behaviorism and made huge contribution to fathoming animals further. Burrhus ######## ####### was born on March 20, 1904 in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. He first tried to be a poet and writer, but it didn’t develop as well as hoped. After this, he went to school at Harvard University and was awarded his master’s degree in psychology in 1930. He then went to be a researcher and teacher until he settled at Harvard again. At this university, he had studied rats to study animal behavior. To complete this task, he had made a specialized cage called a “Skinner Box”, which had a bar which when pulled, would dispense a bit of food into the cage. He had observed that when the rats had pressed the bar and saw it dispensed food, the rat would try it again to get more food from it. When the rat had been given food from the bar, he would keep pressing it. When food ceased, the rat would learn and adapt, leading to an “extinction” of the behavior. However, when the rat would try again and food would pop out, the behavior would come back – the rat would learn this behavior quicker since they already experienced it before. Skinner had observed that positive reinforcement led to a desire to do an action more than once, which made sense. Concluding that positive reinforcement was a success, when Skinner had found this behavior, he tried more experiments to see what would occur – he tried ratio schedules which included getting 1 piece of food for a certain amount of presses, and a fixed interval schedule where the rat would only get 1 piece of food per a certain amount of time when pressing on the button. He had also tried an experiment where the rat would only get a piece of food sometimes when pressing the bar. A very notable experiment he branched upon was aversive stimulus. Skinner had wanted to see what would happen if a rat was discouraged for doing an action. For example, if a rat was punished for pressing the bar, then the rat would then start to stop doing so. These experiments led to Skinner concluding that positive reinforcement was when an animal was rewarded for doing an action, and a behavior followed by an aversive stimulus results in a decreased probability (or negative reinforcement). By seeing how animals learned how they observed positive reinforcement from negative reinforcement, Skinner had started to understand certain behaviors of animals such as gambling. Though he believed that positive reinforcement was a success, negative reinforcement didn’t always work in some cases as well as planned. The rats had reportedly learned negative reinforcement slower than positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement also led to slower extinction in some experiments – for example, if the rat was both shocked and got food from the bar, he would only do it occasionally, leading to more of a desire to do so in the process. From studying these 2 main forms of reinforcement, Skinner now had a bigger understanding of many behaviors that animals do and why. Overall, Skinner had been quite influential to ethology because he gave society a fathoming of why animals do certain things. This included both positive and negative reinforcement studies, and conclusions based on such experiments. Skinner’s work had led to many explanations of behaviors. One such behavior is the training of animals – if you feed a dog every time he does a certain movement, the dog will continue to do said movement in hopes of being rewarded. Gambling had also been fathomed further from these studies; the judgement was that a person won’t know if they’ll win and probably won’t, but if they don’t try they won’t know. Negative reinforcement had led to a better grasp on how punishment works, and why it won’t always work as well. If a child is punished for a certain action, they won’t try doing again but the desire to do so will still be there, leading to the child only doing it less instead of ceasing the behavior. ######### ############### on operant conditioning had led the way to creating an even bigger understanding of behavior, and was a good foundation of it. A++++ |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:30 PM |
I would have to say that my favorite animal would have to be a cat, like the rest of the internet. Cats are just so unpredictable, there is little to no way to predict what a cat is going to do next, that's what makes them my favorite. What cats do the most consist of chasing laser pointers, playing with balls of yarn, etc.
From playing with balls of yarn, to jumping (and sometimes failing) to high spots, my favorite animal, is a cat. |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:30 PM |
Have you ever pondered, wondered about a little... fish? A fish perhaps, is a magnificent animal in which it can wander in the majority of space on Earth! The fish, more importantly the salmon, is my choice of "favorite animal" because of it's diversity and it's ability to feed humans simply and deliciously. With gills of underwater breathing and the scales that protect the flesh of a fish, fish range widely and differently into sectors of the bl They evolved into reptiles and evolved into land bearing cre I truly believe the fish is ### of great evolution #################### And with that, the fish, and many different types feed humans and animals across the Earth. Earth. Being a important food source in our everyday life. In Japan, they make a whole diet out of seafood, which delightfully include th Around the world, the Japanese diet proves a high quality sustainable source and longer life #### The fish is also ### that can live in water that holds oxygen, as much as we humans breathe.reathe. A child in North America and wherever commercial fish is sold for pet keeping, the fish is a popular choice of pet, I have also made that choice.choice. I think the fish is a animal and will be my favorite. And you have read the vast reasons I think the fish is a fantastic animal, I hope you ponder and wonder about a little... fish. |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:31 PM |
My favorite animal is the horse. I like horses because they're very graceful and majestic creatures. Humanity has made much use of the horse, from travelling to battling. Horses are gentle creatures, but are easily spooked, so be sure to not startle them.
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:32 PM |
my fav analmial is teh bee cuz beez r big and black n yellow an they r mean
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:33 PM |
I would have to say that my favorite animal would have to be a cat, like the rest of the internet. Cats are just so unpredictable, there is little to no way to predict what a cat is going to do next, that's what makes them my favorite. What cats do the most consist of chasing laser pointers, playing with balls of yarn, etc.
From playing with balls of yarn, to jumping (and sometimes failing) to high spots, my favorite animal, is a cat.
Capitals have been used, and the paragraph also teaches the reader a little bit about cats! (Basic facts) ^
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:33 PM |
| My Most Favorite Animal Is The Rare Purple Pepe We Praise It Every Day In Kek Is Stan |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:33 PM |
my fav analmial is teh bee cuz beez r big and black n yellow an they r mean
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:35 PM |
Have you ever pondered, wondered about a little... fish? A fish perhaps, is a magnificent animal in which it can wander in the majority of space on Earth! The fish, more importantly the salmon, is my choice of "favorite animal" because of it's diversity and it's ability to feed humans simply and deliciously. With gills of underwater breathing and the scales that protect the flesh of a fish, fish range widely and differently into sectors of the bl They evolved into reptiles and evolved into land bearing cre I truly believe the fish is ### of great evolution #################### And with that, the fish, and many different types feed humans and animals across the Earth. Earth. Being a important food source in our everyday life. In Japan, they make a whole diet out of seafood, which delightfully include th Around the world, the Japanese diet proves a high quality sustainable source and longer life #### The fish is also ### that can live in water that holds oxygen, as much as we humans breathe.reathe. A child in North America and wherever commercial fish is sold for pet keeping, the fish is a popular choice of pet, I have also made that choice.choice. I think the fish is a animal and will be my favorite. And you have read the vast reasons I think the fish is a fantastic animal, I hope you ponder and wonder about a little... fish.
Some spelling errors, great use of detail. B+ |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:35 PM |
Today I will talk about wild cats. Cats are some of the, if not the, most common pet in the world. Known for being lazy, this is not always true. Many wild cats are prey to many land animals. Known ones are birds and rodents. These agile creatures are also very fast. Panthers could hit the speed limit on some highways! Overall, wild cats are very interesting.
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:37 PM |
My Most Favorite Animal Is The Rare Purple Pepe We Praise It Every Day In Kek Is Stan
Why are all the sentences starting with capitals? No periods etc
Spelling errors
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At least you tried |
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| 22 Mar 2017 09:37 PM |
And now, a quick Wikipedia of the "Domestic Cat"
Ahem..
The domestic cat[1][5] (Latin: Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines.[6] Cats are often valued by humans for companionship and for their ability to hunt vermin. There are more than 70 cat breeds, though different associations proclaim different numbers according to their standards.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with a strong flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche. Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small animals. They can see in near darkness. Like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans. Cats, despite being solitary hunters, are a social species and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations (mewing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting), as well as cat pheromones and types of cat-specific body####g############Cats have a high breeding rate.[8] Under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registered pedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control the breeding of pet cats by neutering, as well as the abandonment of former household pets, has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, requiring population control.[9] In certain areas outside cats' native range, this has contributed, along with habitat destruction and other factors, to the extinction of many bird species. Cats have been known to extirpate a bird species within specific regions and may have contributed to the extinction of isolated island populations.[10] Cats are thought to be primarily responsible for the extinction of 33 species of birds, and the presence of feral and free-ranging cats makes some otherwise suitable locations unsuitable for attempted species reintroduction.[11]
Since cats were venerated in ancient Egypt, they were commonly believed to have been domesticated there,[12] but there may have been instances of domestication as early as the Neolithic from around 9,500 years ago (7,500 BC).[13] A genetic study in 2007 concluded that domestic cats are descended from Near Eastern wildcats, having diverged around 8,000 BC in the Middle East.[12][14] A 2016 study found that leopard cats were undergoing domestication independently in China around 5,500 BC, though this line of partially domesticated cats leaves no trace in the domesticated populations of today.[15][16]
As of a 2007 study, cats are the second most popular pet in the US by number of pets owned, behind freshwater fish.[17] In a 2010 study they were ranked the third most popular pet in the UK, after fish and dogs, with around 8 million being owned.[18] |
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