Teaching the Principles of Operant Conditioning through Laboratory Experience: The Rat Olympics.

Solomon, Paul R.; Morse, David L.

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ERIC Number: EJ244756

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Publication Date: 1981-Apr

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Teaching the Principles of Operant Conditioning through Laboratory Experience: The Rat Olympics.

Solomon, Paul R.; Morse, David L.

Teaching of Psychology, v8 n2 p111-12 Apr 1981

Discusses using rat olympics in helping psychology students to overcome their reluctance to condition rats. Working in groups, students enter rats in a number of behaviors (events) which can be shaped using operant conditioning methods and which rats can perform with varying degrees of proficiency. (Author/KC)

Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Laboratory Training, Operant Conditioning, Psychology, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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