Describe Edward Lee Thorndike's Studies of Trial-And-Error Learning

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Essay

Describe Edward Lee Thorndike's studies of trial-and-error learning.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.

Significance Level

The significance level is a threshold in hypothesis testing, beyond which an observed effect is considered statistically significant, typically set at 0.05.

Fixed Interval

A concept in operant conditioning referring to a schedule of reinforcement where rewards are given after a specific, constant amount of time has passed.

Expected Cell Count

In the context of a chi-square test, the hypothesized count of occurrences in each category of a contingency table.