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Sniffy the Virtual Rat Lite, Version 2.0 (with CD-ROM) - Softcover

Alloway, Tom; Wilson, Greg; Graham, Jeff

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9780534633578: Sniffy the Virtual Rat Lite, Version 2.0 (with CD-ROM)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0534633579 ISBN 13: 9780534633578
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

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 and conducting experiments that demonstrate the phenomena of classical and 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 16 exercises that cover the essential phenomena of learning psychology- making it equally appropriate for psychology of learning and introductory psychology courses. The CD-ROM comes with a Lab Manual that walks users through the steps necessary to set up classical and operant conditioning experiments that closely resemble the experiments discussed in learning texts. (Screen shots are included for both Macintosh and 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 and term papers.

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About the Authors

Tom Alloway was trained by Winifred Hill at Northwestern University and is an expert in animal behavior, specifically ants, as well as operant and classical conditioning. He's the former chair at UT-Mississauga.

Greg Wilson runs his own software company and created the first version of Sniffy over 10 years ago.

Jeff Graham was trained in cognitive psychology and neural network models of memory. He teaches the computer component of introductory psychology at University of Toronto at Mississauga with over 1500 students per year.

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Publisher
Wadsworth Publishing
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0534633579
ISBN 13 
9780534633578
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
160
Rating
  • 3.67 out of 5 stars
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