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Exercise in Operant Conditioning

Synopsis
Rats on 24-hour water deprivation acquire lever pressing response on continuous and fixed ratio schedules. Discrimination and marble handling responses are also shaped. Demonstrates rewarding of increasing approximations to the behaviour sought by the experimenter.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w. 19 min.
Technical information
Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production
1973
Availability
Hire? Part of collection sold by BSIP to University of Cambridge, Department of Psychology, in December 1991
Subjects
Biology; Psychology
Keywords
animal behaviour; behavioural psychology; operant conditioning; rats

Credits

Director
Leon Aarons

Distribution Formats

Type
Film
Format
16mm

Distributor

Name

BSIP Europrofile Ltd

Phone
020 8946 8644
Fax
020 8946 4599
Address
Hill House
96 Wimbledon Hill
London
SW19 7PB
Notes
Contact: Dr Hartley Millar (2/01), e-mail hmillar@cix.couk
Name

University of Cambridge, Department of Psychology

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