The purchase is entitled, sniffy the virtual rat lite, version 3. The purpose of the virtual rat training was not only to give us a feel of what we would be doing in our live rat trainings, but also to understand the basics behind magazine training, shaping, and schedules of reinforcement. We report on the use of our sniffy program to teach operant conditioning to 900 introductory psychology students. Every textbook comes with a 21day any reason guarantee. Jeff graham university of toronto at mississauga australia brazil japan korea mexico singapore spain united kingdom united states sni. Advanced features are provided for exploring modeling issues and the learning parameters of the model. Sniffy the virtual rat, is a fun, interactive software program that gives undergraduate students a virtual laboratory experience. Just as musicians influence each other, and painters use techniques created by. Simulated operant conditioning jeff graham, tom alloway, and lester krames erindale college, university oftoronto, mississauga, ontario, canada we report on the use of our sniffy program to teach operant conditioning to 900 introductory psychology students. Using sniffy, students can explore by performing experiments that demonstrate most of the major conditioning phenomena discussed in textbooks on the psychology of learning. Exposure to published, written works has greatly influenced his writing, as other writers rhythm, flow and observed style of writing, always affect your work. Well, of course you need many books to advocate your research and task.
The simulation is designed primarily to teach the principles of shaping and partial reinforcement in an operant chamber. Before you purchase sniffy the virtual rat pro, version 3. Using sniffy, students can explore operant and classical by performing experiments that demonstrate most of the major conditioning phenomena discussed in. Simulated operant conditioning article pdf available in behavior research methods 262. Slide 1 slide 2 slide 3 slide 4 slide 5 slide 6 slide 7 slide 8 slide 9 slide 10 slide 11 slide 12 slide slide 14 slide 15 slide 16 slide 17 slide 18 slide 19 slide 20 slide 21 slide 22 sniffy the virtual rat pro 2. Simulated operant conditioning jeff graham 0 1 tom alloway 0 1 lester krames 0 1 0 we gratefully thank erindale college, the university of toronto com puter shop, and apple canada for the support that made our teaching lab possible. Bring the theories of learning to life using sniffy, the virtual rat. Users begin by training sniffy to press a bar to obtain food. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration.
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