Pavlovian conditioning is often considered to be involuntary. The organism has little control over the response, in that the environment elicits the behavior from the organism. Operant behavior involves voluntary behavior that is emitted by the organism is controlled by its consequences (hence the term consequated). Another way of looking at this difference is to look at the relationship between behavior and the environment. In Pavlovian conditioning, the relationship is stimulus-response (SR), but in operant it is response-stimulus (RS). Whether responses occur in the future depend upon the nature of the contingency. If it makes life better for the organism, it will likely occur again in the future (reinforcement), and if it makes life worse, it will likely not occur again in the future (punishment).
A dolphin tried to rape a 28-year-old Norwegian swimmer who had been gambolling with it off the south coast of Norway, the newspaper Verdens Gang reported Tuesday.
The animal, which had been circling around the swimmer, suddenly stuck its penis between his leg and his bathing costume before the man managed to free himself and escape back aboard his nearby boat.
"At first I thought it was pushing me with its flipper but dolphins don't have flippers beneath their bellies," the unidentified swimmer explained.
Another swimmer who witnessed the scene from the boat told the newspaper he had to ward off similar advances from the dolphin a few minutes earlier. "He tried his luck with me but I was protected by my waterproof suit," that swimmer said.
Someone responded:
I suppose we are to conclude from this incident that dolphins are gay!
Well, I don't care if a dog, cat or less frequently a dolphin is male or female when I pet it. But I MUCH prefer petting a female human than a male. Like us with dolphins/dogs/cats, a dolphin probably doesn't distinguish gender in humans.
Someone else replied:
This sort of thing happens all the time on those "swimming with dolphin" programs which I think is why they usually recommend you wear a wetsuit and not just a bathing suit. Dolphins are just horny!!
In a swinging newsgroup someone said:
Just another case of where one of these SINGLE dolphins won't take NO for an answer... imagine being stuck with a few of them in a jacuzzi
Another:
Heh. Dolphins are playful.
Considering that they ejaculate at a force hard enough to injure (I've heard it compared to a shotgun blast), it's a good idea not to take them up on their offers.
In the early stages of twentieth century behaviorism, no differentiation was made between what we now refer to as Pavlovian (or, in Skinner's terminology, respondent) conditioning, and instrumental (or, operant) conditioning. While the differences at first blush seem profound, we will eventually see that Pavlovian and operant are two halves of an integrated view of learned behavior--Pavlovian by itself isn't of much value--it sets us up (i.e.--provides the motivation) to act, and the action is the operant part of our behavior. By the same token, operant doesn't operate in a vacuum--we need to be motivated to act.
FU to both of you Marlin Perkins wanna-be's :disappointed:
Fuck you, just for the Hell of it, Metal!
Thomas Jefferson liked dark meat.
:rofl: ...the dolphin story always makes me giggle... :lol:
Fuck you....quit giggling....dammit!
Katherine The Great used to cleanse her face with semen daily, it's healthy for the skin.
Kangaroos wear hula skirts in Siberia.
since when did you start raising fowl?
You have a rooster? Cool!
Does he go cock-a-doodle-doo?
No he goes; thump, thump, thump.
Metal posted:
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I posted:
Quote:Posted: Feb. 19 2003,10:25 am
:rofl:
Gonzo is trying to put his cock in everyone's hand :crackhead:
PS... do you think it is Freudian that I dreamt of petting a chicken the other night? :loveya:
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yet no one is accepting :-(
He wants people to choke his chicken? :clueless:
