Nature S1 E11 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning

Nature

Nature S1 E11 - The Discovery of Animal Behavior: A Question of Learning
Apr 15, 2026 53 min Documentary Movies
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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.

Creator Thomas Lovejoy
Actor N/A
Country Germany, United States of America
Production Thirteen