Motivation and Reward in Learning

Duration: 0:15:00

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Gardner Hart | Neal E. Miller and Gardner Hart | Neal E. Miller | Pennsylvania State University: Distributor | Psychological Cinema Register

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Compares a hungry, active rat with a satiated, inactive rat. The hungry animal learns to get food by pressing a bar, while the satiated animal goes to sleep. To demonstrate that failure to learn is due to lack of motivation, a mild electric shock is supplied and the satiated animal becomes active and learns to strike a lever which turns off the shock. Shows the animal also learning to rotate a wheel, bite a rubber tube, and strike another animal to avoid electric shock.

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