Are pigeons preferred in demonstrating conditioning principles than rats or
vice versa?
What are the pros and cons?
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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msylves...@copper.net wrote:
Are pigeons preferred in demonstrating conditioning principles than rats
or vice versa?
It depends on the phenomenon under investigation. One advantage
of pigeons is that they are very long-lived. You can run a
variety of parametric manipulations for
The main reasons that Skinner switched from rats to pigeons were:
1. Their visual system (in terms of acuity and color sensitivity) is
much like humans.
2. They were available for free on the window sill of his lab on the
7th floor of the Pillsbury flour mill that he used during WWII.
He was
On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Ken Steele wrote:
msylves...@copper.net wrote:
Are pigeons preferred in demonstrating conditioning principles
than rats
or vice versa?
It depends on the phenomenon under investigation. One advantage
of pigeons is that they are very long-lived. You can run
Paul Brandon wrote:
On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Ken Steele wrote:
msylves...@copper.net wrote:
Are pigeons preferred in demonstrating conditioning principles than rats
or vice versa?
It depends on the phenomenon under investigation. One advantage
of pigeons is that they are very
Since the other thread is getting so long. I will post this short remark
here.
I for one am not confusing law and morality. Although I referred to the
justice system, I am well aware that it is much more of a legal system
which can be totally arbitrary.
I also think that rather than the
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From: Ken Steele steel...@ap
I have had a few rats that have produced very high response
rates. In one case, the rat was grabbing the bar with its teeth
and shaking the bar like it had caught a prey.
And who said that we should not bite the hand that
Ask your graduates if they believe that scientific research is really
essential to being a working psychologist? A good exit question. See Friedrich
(1996) below for a full scale.
What is that old theme of the tender-minded vs. tough-minded student? You
know, the idea of those interested
It might be good to take a look at the Activities Handbook for the Teaching
of Psychology series.
they generally contain activities for learning and memory, cognition, volume
4 has direct reference to biopsychology and animal behavior, also they have
a special topics section which often has
Often, purebred white pigeons are used, but it's also cheap and easy to use
feral pigeons (as captured in barns after dusk by Amish boys). Pigeons have
excellent vision, but they do have two foveas in each eye (one is for
identifying predators from above, such as owls or hawks) and they don't
I remember having to dust the pigeons for mites--put them in a paper bag
with Sevin powder, shake it around a little, and hold my breath. It's no
wonder I developed asthma.
Carol
Hey: just imagine if you had develeloped Shake and Bake pigeon line of
food you would have been a
In honor of Shakespeare's birthday or something like that, the mayor of
Chicago has asked everyone to honor Shakespeare by quoting him in their public
interactions.Maybe tipsters may want to fill us in on some quotes.
Here is mine:
ET TU BRUTE (not sure of the punctuation after that:! or ?)
On 21 Apr 2009 at 17:24, Ken Steele wrote:
I have had a few rats that have produced very high response
rates. In one case, the rat was grabbing the bar with its teeth
and shaking the bar like it had caught a prey.
Of course if you want _really_ high rates, you have to selectively
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