Re: cause and effect – conscious choice or not…

[cjane]

“did the dog ‘plan’ this action and then actually put that plan into action and was the ‘pleasure’ the self satisfaction of the ‘win’ activated by memory?”

Past experience taught the dog that to whine at the door got his master to get up out of the chair, he fancied getting back on the chair so whined at the door.

Or, he wanted to go outside so whined at the door, saw his master get up and he thought ‘now I have a choice, go out or get in the chair, I’m not really that desperate to go pee and the chair was comfy, so I’ll get in the chair’.

He got pleasure from his behaviour being rewarded, ie getting on the comfy chair, not sure if the ‘win’ activated by memory would be rewarding.

CJ