The Laws of Voluntary Response: Edward Thonrdike

“So what constellations did you see this time, Thomas?” asked their father. “All the usual ones. But it’s weird. I could swear that the Cat moved, ‘cause now it’s twining around the base of the Flower.” When his parents shooed Thomas into bed, he peered into his telescope for one last look. The Cat was still there, curled up around his Flower.

When she first brought him home, she wasn’t sure whether it was a he or she. Her witty neighbour, Mrs S even searched on the internet, and asserted it was she, only later to find out how erroneous she was. The internet is not a good place to find the gender of a cat. Anyway, Mrs. R cleansed and christened him Puss like most other cats. Kittens would play with anything: ball of wool, a piece of paper, empty can, little insects, etc.

Once stray cats give birth kittens outdoor, those kittens become feral cats. As they grow up into adults without human feeding, it is hard for them to contact with humans or become pet cats because Alley Cat Allies organization explains feral cats who seldom or never “contact with humans have diminished over time”, they are afraid of humans and used to live outdoor by themselves (Alley Cat Allies, sec.2). Feral cats always stay in tense for protecting themselves and avoid interaction with strangers, so they cannot easily get closer or be

Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949) Charles Vattimo PSY 101 Wed January 22, 2014 William Post Edward L. Thorndike (1874-1949) Edward Lee Thorndike was born in Massachusetts on August 31, 1874. He earned his education and degrees at Wesleyan University, Harvard, and Columbia University. In his lifetime, Thorndike had multiple honors and awards bestowed upon him for his contributions to science. Remarkably, while he has majorly influenced educational methods in the United States, Thorndike’s choice to follow a career in psychology drove from the opportunities presented more than his desires. At Wesleyan University, Edward Thorndike’s junior year psychology course was merely a requirement for completing his degree and claimed it offered no spark of inspiration.

They had better catch the thing quick, or the whole neighbourhood would ridicule them. The brazen cat had been rooting around in gardens for a while, a slap in the face even to the cats, of whom there was admittedly a minority on the block. But who knows about cats? They never knew how to handle these things. It was up to the dogs to keep the balance of the neighbourhood in check.

He told her to explore the castle and look how many windows and door it had. Rising Action Coraline looked for a pen and a paper and started looking. She found her neighbor Mr. B which was trying to do a circus with rats. She found a small door behind their house´s wall locked up. She called her mother for her to open it.

I called Judy to say that I didn't think I could care for her, but Judy encouraged me to give the cat time to adjust, because she was in a new surrounding. I started feeding my new cat fresh Purina One Special Care dry food and Friskies moist food along with a fresh bowl of water each morning and evening. I also bougth a cat brush to stroke her long luxurious black and white hair, plus I took her to the Vet for an annual booster and rabie shot so I could give the records of the shots to my Manager. I've discovered so much about cats since I adopted Katie. I decided to change her name to Sugar, because of her white tuxedo.

Operant conditioning is something that is learned as a response by being rewarded and by having consequences. Operant conditioning was first created by Edward L. Thorndike (Bernstein, 2016). Thorndike studied how people and animals have the ability to solve problems, behavior, and intelligence. Thorndike would place a cat in a maze and watch it learn how to get out. It was a slow process but the cat eventually learned and continued to do the same thing to exit the maze, which psychologist now call law of effect.

The mouse, which is scurrying around Marcy's house, can represent her free self that does not want to be tied down. The traps that the mouse repeatedly escapes are representations of the traps that Marcy herself escapes when dealing with people throughout the story. The lazy cat that has nerve damage from eating the rat pellets can represent Marcy if she allows herself to be controlled by the people around her. Although, the reader can see the link between the main character and the animals, it isn't until the end of the story that Marcy realizes that the mouse is really warning her of what will happen if she gives in to the 'traps'. By physically seeing the mouse being caught by the nose in the trap and seeing the misery on its face, she realized that this is the same way that she will be if she allows her spirit to be controlled by others.

“HACK, HACK”, I tried to clear it out, but I needed something to drink. I knelt down and took a couple of sips from my cats bowl before I was startled by the reflection looking back at me from the water. I WAS MY CAT!! Thinking back to last night, before bed and my mom was yelling at me about my responsibilities to my cat. “Feed your cat, give her water, and change the litter.