Learned Behavior and the Behavior of Hypothesis Testing : A Cognitive Explanation for the Behavior Repeated after Receiving Reward
The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
1989, v.1, pp.106-113
Kwang-Bai Park
(Choongbuk National University)
Park,
K.
(1989). Learned Behavior and the Behavior of Hypothesis Testing : A Cognitive Explanation for the Behavior Repeated after Receiving Reward. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 1, 106-113.
Abstract
This paper demonstrates that some behaviors that look like learned behavior may actually be a result of organism's hypothesis testing or curiosity rather than being reinforced by external rewards. Previously, alternation of behavior after receiving reward, as opposed to repetition of the rewarded behavior, has been often explained by curiosity or exploration. It was suggested in this paper that some behavior repeated after receiving reward too can be explained by the same mechanism. The implication of the finding for the well-known strong effect of partial reinforcement was discussed.
- Submission Date
- 1989-11-15
- Revised Date
- 1989-11-15
- Accepted Date