Then two observers recorded their behavior. Six birds showed very specific, different behaviors. Quoted from Skinner's report. Tossing response as if placing its head beneath an invisible bar and tossing it up. F. NONE of these behaviors had been observed in the birds prior to the conditioning procedure.
Skinner claims they became superstitious.
G. Skinner wanted to see what would happen if the time interval between reinforcements was extended. With one head-swing bird, he slowly increased food delivery from 15 sec to one minute. As the interval increased, the bird's movements became more energetic, like he was doing a pidgeon food dance. One bird produced over 10,000 responses before extinction occured. V. Loud and soft reprimands and children.