Michael Domjan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4487161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Domjan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Domjan |
| SIGNATURE | DOMJAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3363-0274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Thorndike's law of effect and its inconsistent description over the years
The law of effect, originally proposed by E. L. Thorndike in a book that was published in 1911, had a major influence on the development of studies of instrumental or operant conditioning in the twentieth century. It remains a core concept in psychology and is invariably covered in undergraduate and graduate courses. Thorndike's law of effect also remains a topic of inquiry in contemporary efforts to understand the nature of habitual responses as…
Compulsive Conditioned Sexual Responding of Male Japanese Quail in Extinction
Principios de Aprendizaje y Conducta
Teaching about animal research in psychology
Animal research in psychology
The general psychology course provides a unique opportunity to present the science of psychology to a wide audience. Informing the general public about the importance of animal research in psychology is especially important given contemporary concerns about animal rights and animal welfare. A study of 8 leading introductory psychology textbooks indicated that with the exception of principles of conditioning and learning, the contributions of anim…
Animal research in psychology
Animal learning comes of age
Animal learning comes of age
Discrimination between Escapable and Inescapable Shock
8 rats were exposed to a procedure in which several escapable-shock sessions were alternated with inescapable-shock sessions. The conditioned escape behavior was observed to persist as superstitious escape during inescapable shock. The rate and resistance to extinction of the superstitious escape behavior was found to decline with repeated changes from escapable to inescapable shock. Amount of escape conditioning was not observed to affect this d…
Discrimination between Escapable and Inescapable Shock
8 rats were exposed to a procedure in which several escapable-shock sessions were alternated with inescapable-shock sessions. The conditioned escape behavior was observed to persist as superstitious escape during inescapable shock. The rate and resistance to extinction of the superstitious escape behavior was found to decline with repeated changes from escapable to inescapable shock. Amount of escape conditioning was not observed to affect this d…
Animal learning comes of age
Animal learning comes of age
Animal research in psychology
The general psychology course provides a unique opportunity to present the science of psychology to a wide audience. Informing the general public about the importance of animal research in psychology is especially important given contemporary concerns about animal rights and animal welfare. A study of 8 leading introductory psychology textbooks indicated that with the exception of principles of conditioning and learning, the contributions of anim…
Animal research in psychology
Teaching about animal research in psychology
Principios de Aprendizaje y Conducta
Compulsive Conditioned Sexual Responding of Male Japanese Quail in Extinction
Thorndike's law of effect and its inconsistent description over the years
The law of effect, originally proposed by E. L. Thorndike in a book that was published in 1911, had a major influence on the development of studies of instrumental or operant conditioning in the twentieth century. It remains a core concept in psychology and is invariably covered in undergraduate and graduate courses. Thorndike's law of effect also remains a topic of inquiry in contemporary efforts to understand the nature of habitual responses as…
Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Animal learning (2 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Basic science (2 works) · Behavioral and Psychological Studies (2 works)