Publisher's Synopsis
"Sniffy the Rat" is a Macintosh program that allows students to explore the principles of shaping and partial reinforcement in operant conditioning using a virtual orato named Sniffy. Each student learns by doing - conditioning his or her own orato - and they receive many of the benefits of true animal experimentation with non of the drawbacks asssociated with using real animals.;Students train Sniffy to perform any of 30 behaviours, including bar pressing, by delivering food when the target behaviour occurs. Bar pressing and reinforcements are automatically recorded on a cumulative record.
