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Peer reviewedSolomon, Paul R.; Morse, David L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1981
Discusses using rat olympics in helping psychology students to overcome their reluctance to condition rats. Working in groups, students enter rats in a number of behaviors (events) which can be shaped using operant conditioning methods and which rats can perform with varying degrees of proficiency. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Laboratory Training, Operant Conditioning
