Edward Thorndike conducted an experiment
: Peter Gray,
Psychology, 6th ed. (New York: Worth,
2011), 108–109.
“by some simple act, such as pulling at a loop of cord”
: Edward L. Thorndike, “Animal
Intelligence: An Experimental Study of the Associative Processes in Animals,”
Psychological
Review: Monograph Supplements 2, no. 4 (1898), doi:10.1037/h0092987.
“behaviors followed by satisfying consequences”
: This is an abbreviated version of the original
quote from Thorndike, which reads: “responses that produce a satisfying effect in a particular
situation become more likely to occur again in that situation, and responses that produce a
discomforting effect become less likely to occur again in that situation.” For more, see Peter
Gray,
Psychology, 6th ed. (New York: Worth, 2011), 108–109.
