Bring the theories of learning to life using SNIFFY THE VIRTUAL RAT! Instructors praise Sniffy a realistic digital rat in an operant chamber (Skinner Box) for his ability to give students hands-on experience in setting up & conducting experiments that demonstrate the phenomena of classical & operant conditioning Users begin by training Sniffy to press a bar to obtain food Then they progress to studies of more complex learning phenomena Throughout each a series of Mind Windows enables students to visualize how Sniffy's experiences in the chamber produce the psychological changes that their textbooks discuss in connection with learning Available on a cross-platform CD-ROM the Lite version of Sniffy
Includes:: twenty-three exercises that cover the essential phenomena of learning psychology making it equally appropriate for psychology of learning & introductory psychology courses The CD-ROM comes with a Lab Manual that walks users through the steps necessary to set up classical & operant conditioning experiments that closely resemble the experiments discussed in learning texts (Screen shots are included for both Macintosh (R) & Windows users) The manual also
Includes:: instructions on how to print or e-mail results so that Sniffy can become part of students' homework assignments & term papers