CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In Edward L. Thorndike. The law of effect stated that those behavioral responses that were most closely followed by a satisfying result were most likely to become established patterns and to occur again in response to the same stimulus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, it is concluded that the cat was taken by Thorndike for his second experiment of the Trial and Error theory of learning.

Detailed explanation-3: -He placed a cat in the puzzle box, which was encourage to escape to reach a scrap of fish placed outside. Thorndike would put a cat into the box and time how long it took to escape. The cats experimented with different ways to escape the puzzle box and reach the fish.

Detailed explanation-4: -The learning theory of Thorndike represents the original S-R framework of behavioral psychology: Learning is the result of associations forming between stimuli and responses. Such associations or “habits” become strengthened or weakened by the nature and frequency of the S-R pairings.