Re: foundation for modern air conditioners

On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 11:32:07 +0100, "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

Well, that was kind of my point;
we don't often need aircon in the UK.

"We" have not been conditioned...over in US on say a nice 25C (77F)
day, they all drive around with their windows rolled up with AC on.

If they were having a picnic, they would say it's  a nice day, but
yet, they drive their vehicles with the AC on.

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Operant conditioning, also called instrumental conditioning, is a
learning process where voluntary behaviors are modified by association
with the addition (or removal) of reward or aversive stimuli.

Operant conditioning originated in the work of Edward Thorndike, whose
law of effect theorised that behaviors arise as a result of whether
their consequences are satisfying or discomforting. In the 20th
century, operant conditioning was studied by behavioral psychologists,
who believed that much, if not all, of mind and behaviour can be
explained as a result of environmental conditioning. Reinforcements
are environmental stimuli that increase behaviors, whereas punishments
are stimuli that decrease behaviors. Both kinds of stimuli can be
further categorised into positive and negative stimuli, which
respectively involve the addition or removal of environmental stimuli.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning