When did Nature Season 1 Episode 11 air?
Nature Season 1 Episode 11 aired on December 19, 1982 at 8 PM ET.
Nature
Consistently stunning documentaries transport viewers to far-flung locations ranging from the torrid African plains to the chilly splendours of icy Antarctica. The show's primary focus is on animals and ecosystems around the world. A comic book based on the show, meant to be used an as educational tool for kids, was briefly distributed to museums and schools at no cost in the mid-2000s.
Created by: Thomas Lovejoy, George Page
Season 1 · Episode 11
The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
Aired Dec 19, 1982at 8PM·53m
First there is a re-creation of Ivan Pavlov's experiments which led to the discovery of the "conditioned reflex." Then we see the investigation by Otto Pfungst of "Kluge Hans" (Clever Hans) a horse whose apparent knowledge of arithmetic was actually response to subtle signals from his trainer. We also see dramatizations of Thomdike's experiments with chicks, Watson's with terns, and B. F. Skinner's famed work at Harvard in the thirties.
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How long is Nature Season 1 Episode 11?
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